Contribution:
First African American woman to chair the global Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Clean Coal Center an organization that is located in London, England, and is comprised of 15 nations. First African American Vice-Chair of the IEA Working Party of Fossil Fuels, located in Paris, France (21 nations). This pioneering Soror was promoted to Director of the Office of Coal and Power Import/Export, United States Department of Energy (2000). First African American woman appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Fossil Energy within the United States Department of Energy (August 2011).