2021 Inaugural CSULB Distinguished Black Alumni Award
2020 Grunion Gazette Issue on Kindness
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
Charitable Foundation Chair (2024-2025)
(2022-Present)
Rotary Charitable Foundation Website
Steel Magnolias
President Elect 2024-2025
(2020-Present)
https://thesteelmagnolias.org/
South Coast Interfaith Council
Board Member
(2022-Present)
Tichenor Clinic for Children
Board Member
(2019-Present)
https://www.tichenorclinic.org/index.html
Long Beach Community Foundation Board of Directors
(2015-2024)
https://longbeachcf.org/about-us/board-of-directors/
California State University, Long Beach, University President's Counsel for Strategic Initiatives
(2015-Present)
YMCA of Greater Long Beach Metro Board of Directors
(2015-Present)
Long Beach City College Foundation Board of Governors
(2008-Present)
http://www.lbcc.edu/Foundation/Governors.cfm
FORMER BOARD SERVICE:
Long Beach Day Nursery Preschool Board of Directors
Honorary Board Member (2020-Present)
(2011-2020)
California Conference of Equality and Justice (CCEJ)
(2015-2018)
Urban Community Outreach Homeless Drop In Center Advisory Board
(2013-2018)
South Coast Interfaith Council
(2015-2017)
Board of Directors, ASK Foundation
(2013-2014)
Board of Directors, Arts Council, City of Long Beach
(2007-2016)
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)
Board of Directors, Food Finders, Incorporated
(2008-2011)
Board of Directors, Musical Theatre West
(2008-2010)
Long Beach Museum of Art, Board of Trustees
(2009-2010)
CSULB Carpenter Center, Classroom Connections Committee
(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