DOBSON LAW OFFICES

2021 Inaugural CSULB Distinguished Black Alumni Award​​​

2020 Grunion Gazette Issue on Kindness

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​ 2017 Long Beach City College Hall of Fame Inductee

​​2017 California Conference of Equality and Justice Humanitarian of the Year Honoree

2017 Long Beach Community Foundation Announces New Board Leadership

2016 Soroptimist  Women of Distinction Honoree, Social Development Category

Local Women Business Owners Place Importance On Giving Back

Press Telegram Amazing Women, Community Service Category

Current Board Service:

Rotary Club of Long Beach

President #107 (2023-2024)

​Member  (2009-Present)​

​rotarylongbeach.org/club-leadership/

Long Beach Rotary Charitable Foundation

(2022-Present)

Rotary Charitable Foundation Website​

Steel Magnolias

(2020-Present)

​https://thesteelmagnolias.org/

South Coast Interfaith Council

(2022-Present)

​scinterfaith.org

Tichenor Clinic for Children

(2019-Present)

https://www.tichenorclinic.org/index.html

Long Beach Community Foundation Board of Directors

(2015-Present)

https://longbeachcf.org/about-us/board-of-directors/

California State University, Long Beach, University President's Counsel for Strategic Initiatives

(2015-Present)

CSULB Office of the President

YMCA of Greater Long Beach Metro Board of Directors

(2015-Present)

http://lbymca.org/home

Long Beach City College Foundation Board of Governors
(2008-Present)
http://www.lbcc.edu/Foundation/Governors.cfm​

FORMER BOARD SERVICE:

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​Long Beach Day Nursery Preschool Board of Directors

(2011-2020)

lbdn.org

California Conference of Equality and Justice (CCEJ)

(2015-2018)

cacej.org

Urban Community Outreach Homeless Drop In Center Advisory Board

​(2013-2018)

ucodic.org

​​South Coast Interfaith Council

(2015-2017)

http://www.scinterfaith.org/

Board of Directors, ASK Foundation
(2013-2014)

www.asklongbeach.org/

Board of Directors, Arts Council, City of Long Beach
(2007-2016)

www.artslb.org

Advisory Board, Long Beach Opera
(2010-2016)
Board of Directors, Long Beach Opera
(2007-2010)

http://www.longbeachopera.org/

Board of Directors, Anaheim Performing Arts Center Foundation
(2010-2011)

http://www.apacf.org/

Board of Directors, Food Finders, Incorporated
(2008-2011)

http://www.foodfinders.org       

                           
Board of Directors, Musical Theatre West
(2008-2010)

http://www.musical.org/

Board of Trustees, Long Beach Museum of Art
(2009-2010)

http://www.lbma.org/

CSULB Carpenter Center, Classroom Connections
(2008-2010)

http://www.carpenterarts.org/

Honors:
Courageous Leadership Award, Martin Luther King, Jr. Democratic Club
City of Long Beach, Mayor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Funding for the Arts
Zelma Lipscomb Service Award, NAACP, Long Beach Branch, 2008
Honoree, NAACP, Long Beach Branch, "Unsung Local Shero," 2007
Business Person of the Month, The Sun Newspaper, November 2006
Who's Who In the Legal Community, Long Beach Business Journal, 2006
Rising Star, Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine, 2005
Wallace R. Davis Public Service Award Recipient, Awarded at Law School Graduation
Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Scholarship Recipient, Awarded two of three years during Law School
Distinguished Long Beach Alumnae Award, City of Long Beach, Mayor Beverly O’Neil