Civic and Pro Bono Activities
Civic Activities
Sidwell Friends School. Parents Association, President and ex officio member, Board of Trustees, 1998-99, Vice President, 1997-98, Co-Treasurer, 1995-97; Parents Peer Group Facilitator, 1994-02. Co-Chair, Parents Fair Share (Annual Fund), 2000-01 and Vice Chair, Upper School, 2002-03, Testimonies Committee 2000-2002, Parents Association Task Force on Communications and Procedures, 2002
Wesleyan University. Class of 1967 Representative, 1985-1991, 35th Reunion Committee, National Alumni Committee, 1987-1989. Schools Committee, 1977-1988
River Road Unitarian Church, Bethesda, MD. Board of Trustees, 1992-1994. Pledge Committee, 1989-1991 (Chair, 1989). Religious Education Teacher, 1994-96. Counsel (pro bono) 1992- present. Endowment Committee, 2001- 2004, Building Planning Group Facilitator, 2002. Leadership & Nominations Committee 2006-08
Sidwell Friends School Rowing Club, Treasurer, 2002-2004
Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE, Class of 1963 Representative, 1997-2004
Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education, National Parents Council, 2000-2003
Committee for the Capital City, 1998-2000
DC Neighborhood Corps: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) certified, 2005-
Capitol City Little League, Girls Softball Coach, 1991-1998
Pro Bono Activities
MD Bar Pro Bono Resource Center—Foreclosure Protection Program, 2008-
DC Bar Pro Bono Program Probate Resource Center, 2007-
Election Protection for Presidential Elections, 2004, 2008, 2012
Probate representation (pro bono) of family of victim of 9/11 Attack on Pentagon, 2001-2003
DC Bar Health Care Decision Making/Advance Directive Project -- Estates, Trusts and Probate and Health Law Sections with DC Partnership to Improve End of Life Care, 1999-2003
Janney Elementary School PTA, Washington, DC, 1980-98. Legal Coordinator, (pro bono) 1991.
Suburban Nursery School, Bethesda, MD, Legal Counsel (pro bono), 1989-1990.
Friendship Neighborhood Coalition, Litigation Counsel (pro bono), 1977-83
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (pro bono), 2000-2001
Honors and Awards
Newmyer Award, Sidwell Friends School, 1998
Wesleyan University Alumni Distinguished Service Award, 2002