Contribution:
First African American female elected to the Des Moines, Iowa Public Schools Board of Education (1990). She served as President (1996). First African American female elected to a profit bank board in Iowa. First African American Chairman of Des Moines Metropolitan Authority Board of Trustees (1990); First African American female to serve as Chairman of the Central Iowa Regional Workforce Investment Board (2008); First African American female Vice Chairman of the City of Des Moines Planning and Zoning Commission (2014).