Title: Founder, Executive Director;
Physical Education Educator
Company: Alliance Junior Development Program Inc.; Ulysses Byas Elementary School
Location: Roosevelt, NY United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Alliance Junior Tennis Development Program (founder)
- American Tennis Association (life member) (national board member) (second vice-president emeritus)
- Arts in Motion
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. (golden life member)
- Friends of SNCC, Paris, France (organizer)
- Fundraising to Build a School in Haiti
- Hofstra University
- Morgan State University
- National Action Network (life member)
- National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (silver life member)
- National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Peace Corps, Nigeria (volunteer)
- People to People Program (ambassador)
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- The National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. (life member)
- The Salvation Army
- United States Tennis Association (USTA)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2019, 2018, 2017, 2015)
- Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2019)
- Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2019, 2018)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2019, 2018)
- Inductee, Black Tennis Hall of Fame, Unites States Tennis Association (2019)
- Recipient, Dr. Martin Luther King Community Award, Centennial Avenue Elementary School, Roosevelt, NY (2019)
- Featured Member, Pro-Files Magazine, Who’s Who Publishers (2016)
- Inductee, Elite Women Worldwide (2016)
- Inductee, Lifetime Worldwide Achievement (2016, 2012)
- Inductee, Top Female Executives (2016, 2013)
- Professional of the Year, Worldwide Who’s Who (2016, 2014, 2012)
- Featured, Calendar Series, Who’s Who Publishers (2015)
- Industry Experts, “Top 101 Industry Experts,” Who’s Who Publishers (2015, 2008)
- Recipient, Women of Distinction Award, Nassau County, NY (2015)
- Inductee Elite American Educators (2014)
- VIP of the Year, Who’s Who Publishers (2012, 2006)
- Inductee, Executive Membership, Cambridge Who’s Who (2007)
- Recipient, Hy Zausner Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
- Author, “Just My Luck,” Harcourt Brace Publisher (1997)
- Honoree, New York Woman of the Year Award, Sisters In The Struggle, Roosevelt, NY
- Honoree, Outstanding Citizen Contribution To Improve Education, Martin Luther King Junior Annual Honors and Awards Program, Roosevelt, NY
- Honoree, Ulysses Byas Elementary School, Roosevelt, NY
- Recipient, Arthur Ashe Multicultural Enhancement Award, United States Tennis Association
- Recipient, Arthur Ashe/Coaches Award
- Recipient, Building for Tomorrow Award
- Recipient, Harlem Junior Tennis Dedication Award, Harlem, NY
- Recipient, Outstanding Youth Advocate Award, Eastern Section, Long Island Region, LI Youth Foundation, Freeport, NY
- Recipient, Perfect Attendance Award, Police Activity League, Roosevelt, NY
- Recipient, Summer Appreciation Award, Alliance Junior Tennis Development Program, Roosevelt, NY
- Recipient, Tennis Development Award The Black Tennis & Sports Foundation, New York, NY
- Recipient, Woman of Excellence Award, National Action Network, Harlem, NY
