• Former long-time activist in Beacon-Brightly section of the Main South neighborhood
• Former board member of several community-based organizations (City Manager’s Advisory Committee on Beacon-Brightly, WCG, MSCDC, YMCA, City Manager’s Commission on Homelessness)
• Presently board member of WCAC, member of Green Island Residents, Inc. and MSCDC
• Supporter and contributor to many neighborhood-based organizations, including: Arts Worcester, George Street Bike Race, First Night, Pernet Center, Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center, Winslow Street Park, Worcester Common Ground, College Hill Civic Association, Regional Environmental Council, South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement Corp., Family Health Center, Helen Bowditch Community Health Center, ALL School Reorganization Task Force, Webster Square Business Association, Chandler Business Association, Elm Park-Lincoln Estate Neighborhood Association, Shepard-King Crime Watch, Illinois Street Crime Watch, PREP+ Neighborhood Association, EHANA, Neighborhood Cabinet, ARTichoke Food Coop, stART in the Street, Chandler-Winfield-Dewey Streets Neighborhood Association, Earth Day, community gardens

• Worcester:
Worcester City Councilor D4, 2002 – present
Current Chair: Health, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization
• Town of Holland:
Holland Elementary School Committee, Holland representative on Tantasqua Regional School Committee; Board of Health