Civic and Political Involvement

Civic and Political Activities

City of Rolling Hills Board or Commissioners
 Elected 1979 through 1983
Finance Commissioner
 1980 - 1983

 

League of Women Voters
 Member since 1975
Nominating Committee
 Elected Member 1977 - 1983
Cities/Urban Crisis Study Group
  
Nuclear Freeze Study Group
 

 

Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA)
 
Bicycle Transportation Committee - Appointed by County Judge Mitch McConnell
 May, 1979
Regional Mobility Task Force, RMTF
 May 1992 - 1997

Chair, 1993 - 1995
Community Transportation Advisory Committee, CTAC
 Since 1997

 

Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeway Commission
Appointed by Kentucky Governor Patton
 November, 1996 - October, 2000

 

Louisville Bicycle Club (formerly The Louisville Wheelmen)
 Member since 1975
Racing Team
 Member since 1981
Liaison to KIPDA
 Since 1986
Liaison to Mobility Committee of Cornerstone 2020
 1994-1997

 

League of American Wheelmen Life Member since 1993

 

National Organization for Women Member since 1974

 

National Women's Political Caucus
 Member since 1974

Metro Louisville Women's Political Caucus Communications Coordinator

 Co-Chair - 1980

1978
Representative to Kentucky Caucus State Policy Council
1978 - 1979
State Resolutions Committee
Chair 1979

 

Democratic Party
 Since 1964
31st Legislative District Group Captain
 Appointed 1983 - 1985
48th Legislative District Secretary
 Elected December 1976 -1982
48th Legislative District Group Captain
 Appointed 1976 - 1983
Democratic National Convention
Elected Alternate Kennedy Delegate from the Kentucky Fourth Congressional District
1980
Candidate for 5th Ward Alderman
Louisville, Kentucky
 1998
America 2000 Democratic Club
 Member since 1992
Mose Green Democratic Club
 Member 1978 - 1986

 

Kentucky Pro-ERA Alliance
Steering Committee
 Member since 1978

 

International Women's Year
Kentucky State Program Chair - The Economic Aspects of Being Female
 1977

 

National Women's Conference
Elected Alternate Delegate from Kentucky to National Women's Conference, Houston, Texas
 Summer 1977

 

Louisville and Jefferson County Human Relations Commission
Women's Rights Task Force
 Member 1975 - 1980

 

Louisville Civil Liberties Union
Elected Board Member
 1978 - 1981

 

American Civil Liberties Union Member since 1973

 

Common Cause Member since 1973

 

Louisville Sailing Club Member 1977 - 1982
Louisville Cruising Club Member 1983 - 1986
Elkhorn Paddlers Member since 1990; Elected Vice-President - Legislative Issues - 1997
Viking Canoe Club Member since 1990

 

American Red Cross
Louisville Chapter Board Member
Chair of Volunteers
 Fall 1979 - 1981

 

Parkview Heights Housing Corporation -
     St. Louis, Missouri
  
Board of Directors
 Member 1969 - 1975
Board Secretary
 1969 - 1975
United States Commission on Civil Rights, Kentucky State Advisory Commission Member since 1995
Chair since 1996