Volunteer or Consulting Roles

Strategic Planning Consulting Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 2004

Richmond Public Schools: 2002 Legislative Consulting: February 2002

Organizational Development: High Hopes, 2000-2002

Organizational Development Consultant/group facilitator-Hope in the Cities, Facilitator for reconciliation dialogues.

Certificate: VCU DOE Families Building Resilient Children curriculum: October, 1998

Appointed by The Attorney General=s Office of Virginia to the Youth/Gang Violence Task Force 1998 (Mark Early)

Facilitator, Hope in the Cities Diversity Curriculum 1996/1997/Present; Adult Forums

Facilitator, Focus Forward Regional Planning Initiative 1995,1996

Appointed Virginia=s Fatherhood Initiative: Richmond=s Council 1996,1997

Appointed, Richmond Public Schools Safety and Security Collaboration Committee Chair 1995; Member RPS Future Search Conference

Member, Virginia Adolescent Health Task Force, November 1993 to December, 1994

Member, Virginia Partnership for the Prevention of Youth Violence 1992, 1993, 1994

Member, One to One Partnership Leadership Council- 1992, 1993, 1994 ;Board of Directors 1995-96

Consultant- Family and Children's Trust Fund Board, State of Va. Department of Social Service and completed statewide analysis of Family Violence programs, conference development, organizational analysis. 1993, 1994

Member-Partners for Healthy Communities- Statewide Advocacy for Violence Prevention- 1992, 1993-94

Member-Crime Prevention Center of Criminal Justice Services Advisory Committee on Violence Prevention 1992-1993

Chairperson, Richmond Far West Neighborhood Team-1992-1993

Vice Chairperson, and Secretary of Richmond Far West Neighborhood Team-1988-1992

Richmond Mayor's Committee on the Concerns of Women 1989 -1992, 1993

Child Day Care and Urban and Domestic Violence Recommendations

Member- Urban Violence Task Force-1990-1991 Member of Committee which developed the Urban Violence Strategy for the City of Richmond

Member, Richmond Tomorrow Task Force: Human Services 1990-1991

Member, Metro Richmond Chamber of Commerce Crime Prevention Committee-1990-1992-1993-1994

Board of Directors, Virginia League of Planned Parenthood 1986-1990 Chair, Community and Public Affairs 1986-1990

Board of Directors, Richmond Chapter of Planned Parenthood, 1987-1990

Member, Ecumenical Task Force to Northern Ireland, June, 1989

Member, Richmond's Friendship Force, May 1989, visit to Northern Ireland

Member, Handicaps Unlimited of Virginia 1989, 1990

Member, Richmond Chapter Spinal Cord Injured Association, 1989- present

President, Mary Munford PTA 1989-1990

Member, Mary Munford Planning Council, 1989, to 12/1993

Community Coordinator, Mary Munford, 1990,1991, 1992

Co-founder, Family Involvement Network, 1988

Grant Development, Richmond Peace Education Center, 1990- Violence Prevention Programs in Public Schools

Member- St James's Christian Education Committee-1993 Adult Forum Committee, 1992-1993

Member, Hope in the Cities, Moral Rearmament Association: 1993-present; Facilitator 1996,1997

Graduate of Covey Leadership Institute 1997

Special Designations and Activities

DAISY Award, Richmond Public Schools, 1990 for Outstanding contributions in the area of Family Life Education.

Trainer, Free the Teacher: Corporate Parental Involvement Strategies, Spring, 1990, Richmond Public Schools

Trainer, Parenting is Basic: Parental Empowerment, Fall, 1990, Richmond Pubic Schools

Certified to the Minority/Female Talent Bank, Certified to Grade fifteen and above, Virginia State Government in 1988.

Trainer, Male Responsibility Conference; Spring 1991 Richmond Center, Virginia Dept Family Planning

Trainer, State Council of Higher Education Sexual Assault Conference, Charlottesville, Va. Spring, 1993

Speaker, Virginia Council on Human Rights Conference, December 1993., Community Based Violence Prevention Programs, What you can do! Speaker, Virginia Association of Health Care Social Workers Winter Conference, 1994: Preventing Community Violence

Speaker, Richmond Area Counselors Association, Conference, 1994 ;Violence and It's Impact on our Community

Faculty- Saint Catherine's School-Spring 1998 Diversity, Violence Prevention and Community Leadership Development