Memberships, Committees, Task Forces, and Awards
Current Membership, Committees, and Task Forces
- Chair of the House Appropriations Committee August 2023
- Co-Chair of the Joint Finance Committee August 2023
- Chair of the House Education Committee 2021 to present
- Vice Chair of the Labor Committee
- Member of the Joint Finance Committee 2021, 2022, and 2023
- Member of the House Appropriations Committee
- Member of the House: Revenue and Finance
- Member of the Delaware State Clearinghouse Committee
- Member of the Southern Regional Education Board - Member of Delaware's Board and a member of the Legislative Advisory Council
- Member of the National Conference of State Legislators
- Member of the Education Commission of the States
- Member of the University of Delaware Dean's Advisory Council
- Member of the Delaware Certified Thoroughbred Program Board
- Member of the Public Education Compensation Committee
- Member of the Delaware Anti-Trafficking Action Council
- Member of the Delaware PTA
- Member of the Delaware P20 Council
- Chair of Emily P. Bissell Hospital RFP Review Committee
- Honorary Member of the Mill Creek Fire Company
- 2022 Vice President of Humane Animal Partners (formerly Delaware SPCA and Delaware Humane Association merged 2022)
- 2018 - 2022 President of the Delaware SPCA Board
- 2017 Vice President of the Delaware SPCA Board
- Present to 2017 Member of the Special Education Strategic Plan Advisory Council
- Present to 2015 Member of the Delaware Nursing Home Residents Quality Assurance Commission
- Member of the Every Students Succeeds Act Advisory Committee
- Member of the State Board of Education Career and Technical Education Sub-committee
Former Membership, Committees, and Task Forces
- Served as a Member of the School Mentoring and Literacy Task Force
- Former Member of the Redding Consortium Social Determinants of Health and Education Work Group
- Served as a Member of the Reopening Schools Working Group - Academics and Equity (COVID-19)
- Former Member of the Center for Disabilities Studies Community Advisory Council
- Former Member of the Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium
- Served as a Member of the Capital Improvement Committee (Bond) 2019 and 2020)
- Served as a Member of the Committee to Advance Educator Compensation
- Former Member of the Conrad Building Leadership Team
- Former Co-Chair of the Enrollment Preference Task Force
- Former Co-Chair of the Price's Corner Government Complex Task Force
- Served as a Member of the DPAS II Advisory Committee
- Served as a Member of the Animal Welfare Task Force
- Served as Vice Chair of the House Education Committee from 2013 to 2021
- Served as a Member of the Red Clay School District Secondary ELL Inclusion Committee
- Former Member of the Red Clay School Board 2009-2012 serving one year as Vice President
Awards
- 2022 Ability Network of Delaware Champion Award
- Named 2021 Delaware State Education Association Legislative Friend of Education
- Received the 2020 Alex Eldreth Award - Autism Delaware for my continued work in advocacy on behalf of those affected by autism and support of students with disabilities within our school system
- Received the 2019 DE State PTA Children’s Champion Award, this is only the second time they have presented this award the first time was to our former AG Matt Denn.
- Received in 2018 Certificate of Recognition from Rescue + Freedom Project
- Received the 2018 the State Council for Person with Disabilities Life Conference Award
- Received the 2016 Elected Women of Excellence Award
- August 2016 Southern Regional Education Board Legislative Report - 4 bills that I sponsored are featured in this report.
- August 17, 2016 presenter Engaging with States to Inform Principal and Supervisor Preparation Webinar sponsored by The Wallace Foundation
- 2015 Named 10 Top North DelaWHERE Happening Movers and Shakers
- Named 2015 Delaware State Education Association Legislative Friend of Education
- Named 2015 Delaware Americans for Democratic Action Hero
- Named 2015 Progressive Democrats Delaware Bob Stachnik Progressive Courage Award