age ~66
from North Palm Beach, FL
Professional & Community Involvement
•Member, Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce
•Member, Executive Committee, 2021-2023
•Member, Executive Trustee Council, 2015-Present
•Member, Board of Directors, 2018-2023
•Member, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions, Peer Review, and Attorney Grievance, 2023-Present
•Judge, Palm Beach/Martin County Pathfinders Scholarship Fund Awards (history and political science category), Palm Beach Post, 2008-2016
•United Way of Palm Beach County, 1996-2013
•General Counsel, United Way of Palm Beach County, 2002-2006
•Chair, Improving the Lives of Seniors Impact Area, 2006-2009
•Executive Committee, 2002-2010
•Board of Directors, 2002-2013
•Oversight Committee, 2006-2009
•Strategic Planning Task Force Committee, 2006-2012
•Women's Leadership Counsel, 2008
•Campaign Cabinet, 2006-2007
•Community Impact Steering Committee, 2009-2012
•Initiatives, Grants, and Contracts Subcommittee
•Campaign Committee, 2010-2012
•Chair, Leadership Circle (donors giving $1,000 and above annually), 2010-2012
•Sub-Committee for Agency Affiliation, 2010
•Member, Palm Beach County Bar Association, 1985-Present
•Co-Chair, Judicial Relations Committee, 2020-Present
•Member, Civil Circuit Committee, 2023
•Former Business Court Committee
•Former Chairperson, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
•Former Liaison, Diversity Mentoring Committee
•Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County
•Member, Board of Directors
•Founder and Chair, Greenberg Traurig Independent Living Review Program (representing children aging out of foster care)
•Member, Juvenile Advocacy Project, 1993-Present (representing children through age 18 in Juvenile Court (dependency and delinquency matters, adoption and foster care); Family Court and Probate Court
•Member, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee, 2015-Present
•Member, Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Palm Beach Chapter
•Catholic Lawyers Guild of the Diocese, Palm Beach County
•President, Palm Beach County, 2014-2023
•Member, Board of Directors
•Former Member, Notre Dame Club of the Palm Beaches
•Member, Board of Directors, Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1988-1989
•Chair, 'Raise the Bar' event to benefit the Girl's Leadership Institute, Woman's Foundation of Palm Beach County, 2011