 During her career, she has also served on the Editorial Board of "Early Childhood Research Quarterly", and chaired the National Academy of Science, National Research Council's Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy.Bowman was married to the late James E. Bowman, renowned pathologist and geneticist of African American descent, and the first black resident at St. Luke's Hospital.They have one daughter, Valerie Jarrett, who was Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison in the Obama administration.