Re-elected for third term as School Board member of District #123 (2007); served this year as Legislative Chair. Member of the West Valley School District's Community Engagement Committee and of the Higher Education Task Force.

Executive director of the Washington state branch of an international adoption agency; has arranged for students to work with ESL programs in orphanages and other settings overseas; has developed programs for students in which they work with at-risk children and multicultural children in a variety of settings across the United States.