 At the time of her death, she served as the Chair of the Education Committee of the Black, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caucus and is a member of the Steering Committee.She has also served as Vice-Chair of the National Conference of State Legislators' Education, Labor and Job Training Committee, and was a member of the NCSL's Human Services Committee.She had been a member of the Education Commission of States since 1989 and served a four-year term on that organization's Steering Committee.