Title:  Middle School Educator (Retired)
Company: Sacramento City Unified School District
Location: Ashland, OR United States

Affiliations/Associations/Societies:

• American River College Community Band (horn, trumpet)
• Broadway at Music Circus, Sacramento, CA
• California Teachers Association (advisory panel for legal services) (board of directors, 1999-2008) (member, state council on education, 1993-1996) (secretary, capital service center, chairman, 1993)
• Consumer Federation of California (member policy board, 2002-2006)
• Jabberwocky Good Time Band (2018-Present)
• Local 12 – Professional Musicians of Central California
• Music Educators National Conference
• National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
• National Education Association (assembly representative, delegate 1988)
• Sacramento City Teachers Association
• Sacramento Symphony
• Sacramento Valley Wind Ensemble (first trumpet, 1986-1991)

Achievements:

• Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2020)
• Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2020)
• Inductee, Who’s Who of Professional Women, Marquis Who’s Who (2020)
• Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)
• Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (2002)
• Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in American Education,” Marquis Who’s Who (1994-1995)
• Featured Listee, “Who’s Who of American Women,” Marquis Who’s Who (1991-1994)
• Featured Listee, “Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (1993-1994)
• Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the West,” Marquis Who’s Who (1989-1993)
• Recipient, Golden Apple Award, Sacrament City Teachers Association (1986)

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