 She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hampton University and sits on the Board of Directors of the Coalition for Opportunity in Education and the Executive Board of the International Women's Forum of Washington, D.C. where she is the Leadership Foundation Liaison.Additionally, she is a member of the Advisory Board of the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, and a speaker for the Washington Speaker's Bureau.Her family heritage is Jamaican American, saying in an interview with Bill Steigerwald, "My parents are American citizens, but they come from Jamaica.