Professional & Community Affiliations:
- Volunteer Mounted Patrol with the Marin County Parks & Open Space Department
- Marin Conservation League, Host of the Business & Environment Breakfast Series
- Adviser to Marin Horse Council and Marin Stables & Trails, Inc.
- Marin County Economic Commission, Environmental Commissioner
- Marin Space, Board Member
- Marin County Parks & Open Space Commission, Commissioner
- Landscape Advisory Counsel, California Polytechnic University, SLO
- California Landscape Contractors’ Association, No. Bay Chapter Board Member
- MMWD, Citizens Advisory Committee, Chair and Member
- Marin Conservation League, Board of Directors
- Marin Horse Council, VP and Board Member
- Marin Stables and Trails, VP and Board Member
- Marin County Storm Water Pollution & Prevention Program, Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Speaker:
Frequent speaker at Xeriscape Conferences, Marin Municipal Water District’s H20 How To, North Bay Watershed Council, College of Marin, City College, California Landscape Contractors’ Association, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Marin Green Business Forum 2010, and other professional and community groups.
Selected Awards and Recognition:
1984 — Winner of MMWD Water Conservation Award.
1998 — Winner of National Association of Women Business Owner’s (NAWBO) Trailblazer Award.
2000 — Recipient of national Environmental Leadership Award from Associated Landscape Contractors of America and Lawn & Landscape Magazine.
2003 — National Women Business Owner of the Year twice ~ National NAWBO and Wells Fargo Bank, and National NAWBO and Office Depot.
2003 — Selected as Business Woman of the Year by the Sonoma Marin Business Times in the Construction Category.
2003 — Gardeners’ Guild, Inc. was chosen as the Business of the Year, by the Marin County Board of Supervisors.