Deputy Minority Leader

Candidate, Rhode Island State Senate, District 12, 2008

Senator, Rhode Island State Senate, 1984-2008

Council Member, Town Council, Town of Middletown, 1974-1980, 1982-1984

Member, Republican National Committee, 1969-1980

Secretary, Republican National Committee, 1978-1980

President, Town Council, Town of Middletown, 1978-1980

Housing Chairman, Republican National Convention, 1976

Campaign Worker, Eisenhower Presidential Campaign, 1952

Women in the Services, Defense Advisory Committee

Experience, Index for Private Community Based Providers

Experience, Joint Legislative Commission to Study the Implementation of a Funding

Experience, Long-term Care Coordinating Council

Chair, Permanent Commission on Child Care

Experience, Permanent Joint Committee on Healthcare Oversight

Experience, Women's Political Caucus

New Visions for Newport County Development Advisory Committee, 1987-1990

Charter Commission, Town of Middletown, 1967-1968

Middletown, Rhode Island Beach Commission, 1957-1965

Research Assistant, Eastman Kodak Naval Ordinance Division, 1947-1949

Officer, United States Navy, 1943-1946

Ethics Advisory Committee, Newport Hospital, 1999-present

Experience, American Association of University Women

Experience, Friends of Middletown Library

Board Member, GENERATIONS

Experience, League of Women Voters

Experience, Long Term Care Coordinating Council

Experience, Lucy's Hearth

Experience, Middletown Historical Society

Experience, Museum Preservation Society of Newport County

Board of Directors, Newport County Convention and Visitors Bureau

Experience, Newport Historical Society

Restoration Advisory Board, Newport Naval Base

Experience, Women's Resource Center

Board of Trustees, Newport Hospital, 1991-2000

Board Member, Child and Family Service of Newport County, 1987-1992

Citizen’s Advisory Committee, Aquidneck Island Project of Save the Bay, 1983-1986