Former board member of Discovering Amistad; currently sits on Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame Board; Former board member of the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF) and the Connecticut Appleseed Foundation; serves on the board of Discovering Amistad; Connecticut Bar Foundation Fellow.
Joseph F. Noonan Award for Outstanding Legal Scholarship and Commitment to Public Service (2005); proclamation from Governor M. Jodie Rell, recognizing her dedication to public service; recognition by the Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP as among “100 of the Most Influential Blacks in the State of Connecticut” (2009).