Honors & Awards
- Girls Inc. Honoree, Annual Celebrity Luncheon at Baccara Resort, Santa Barbara CA, 2014 – click to learn more!
- Association for Women in Communication Annual Conference, Keynote Speaker & National “Headliner” Award, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2011
- Association for Women in Communication: Rising Star Award, 2009
- Women’s Policy Journal, JFK School of Government at Harvard University, article: “When the speaker is a woman of color,” published August, 2001
- Founding Funders, UCSB Women’s Center, Recognition for Leadership at Tenth and Twenty fifth Anniversary Celebrations, 1986; 2000
- Martin Luther King Award – Santa Barbara Affirmative Action, 1990
- USC Think Tank on Women’s Social Policy Issues Invited Participant hosted by Betty Friedan, 1987
- Who’s Who of American Women, 1984 Edition
- Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors & Women’s Commission “Outstanding Woman Award,1984”
Leadership Roles
- Founder Association for Women in Communication Santa Barbara Chapter, 2006
- Graduate School of Education Alumni Association, Founding Board member and President 1993-1999
- President, Chamber of Commerce Higher Education and Business Committee, 1983-1985
- Founding Board Member, Santa Barbara Women’s Political Committee, 1988; President 1990.
Book Signings:
- California Government book signing (in the Historical Capital building, Sacramento, CA) hosted by Senator Liz Figueroa and California Women’s Legislative Caucus, April, 2005
- Congressional book signing for “Women Seen and Heard: Lessons Learned from Successful Speakers” (2004) hosted by Congresswoman Lois Capps, with Co-author with Anita Perez Ferguson, March, 2005
- Borders Santa Barbara, 2005
- Barnes & Noble, Santa Monica, 2005
- Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara 2005