elected to the Senate in 2000
House of Representatives, 1982-2000
Freshman Minority Leader, 1982-1984
Commissioner on Constitutional Budget and Tax Reform Commission, 1988-2000
served on each Budget Conference Committee from 1988-2000
Select Committee on Juvenile Justice Reform Task Force

East Broward Federated Women's Republican Club President, 1978-1981
Broward Chapter Freedom's Foundation
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art
Fort Lauderdale Philharmonic Society
Friends of the Stranahan House
Friends of the Library
Florida Cystic Fibrosis
Broward Citizens Committee
Fort Lauderdale Historical Society
Beaux Arts
Pinecrest Preparatory School Advisory Board
American Legislative Exchange Council, State Chair, 1992-present
Covenant House/STAR
Hospice 100 Inc.
The Discovery Center
America

First Female Republican Member elected from Broward County to serve in the Florida House
White House Conference on Aging (President Reagan appointee) 1981
Las Olas Arts Festival Chair 1981
first woman to receive Unified Sportsmen of Florida Outstanding Legislator Award
Broward Community College Distinguished Alumni Award 1984
Fort Lauderdale Area Board of Realtors Political Appreciation Award 1985
Women in Communications Outstanding Woman of the Year 1989
chosen by the Fort Lauderdale Philharmonic Society as one of the 10 Best Dressed Women of Style and Substance 1990
only Republican Member of the Florida House of Representatives appointed to the Tax and Budget Reform Commission
FMA Outstanding Layman's Award 1993
Florida Diabetes Foundation Legislator of the Year 1994 and 1995
Florida Children's Home Society Child Advocate of the Year 1995
The Area Agency on Aging Legislator of the Year 1995
The Broward Children's Center Legislator of the Year 1996
The Caducean Society's Wilbur F. Helmus, M.D., Humanitarian Award 1996