PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1995 to present; Board of Governors, 1999-2000; Lecturer at Annual Conference in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2010; Mentor on H-2A and H-2B visas, 2006 to present
- Advisory Committee, Salvation Army of Omaha, 192-2004; Chairperson - Bequests and Endowment Committee, 1995-1998
- Board of Directors, City Mission Society, Boston, Massachusetetts, 2007-2009
- Board of Directors, Nebraska Appleseed Foundation, 1996-2004; President, 1998-2000; The Foundation is a public interest law firm initiated by Ralph Nader
- Board of Directors, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, 1997-2003. the Foundation is a Nebraska organization created to received public funds through the federal Families Preservation Act and private funds to distribute to local communities for the enhancement of the lives of at risk children.
- Board of Directors, Douglas County Historical Society, 1990-1998; President, 1996-1998
- Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Wittenberg College, 1991; Bates College, 1993; Illinois College, 1996, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1999
