MEMBERSHIPS

• National Association of School Psychologists
• Illinois Mental Health Partnership
• The Children and Divorce Resource Network
• Association for Death Education and Counseling
• Family Resource Coalition
• Stepfamily Association
• Illinois Association For Marriage and Family Therapy
• Illinois State Attorney's Task Force For Single Parent Children
• National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers (NACFLM)
• National Association Women Business owners (NAWBO)

  PUBLICATIONS AUTHORED

• Healing The Hurt, Restoring The Hope, SawRobin Press, 2003
• From the Ashes, A Spiritual Response to the Attack on America, Experience, Strength, and Hope From Spiritual Leaders and Extraordinary Citizens, Rodale Press - contributor
• Rainbows Curricula: Sunbeams, Rainbows, Spectrum, Kaleidoscope, Prism
• The Single Symphony: A Guidebook for Single Parents

  ORGANIZATIONAL AWARDS

• Mercedes Benz Mentor Award, 2002
• Jefferson Award / NBC Television, 2001
• Illinois Humane Society/Benjamin Gingiss Service Award, 1998
• Points of Light Foundation, 1998
• Listener of the Year Award/International Listening Association, 1996

MEDIA HONORS

• "Unsung Heroes" WGN TV May 2004

  TELEVISION/RADIO INTERVIEWS and GUEST APPEARANCES

• OPRAH - The Oprah Winfrey Show
• The Today Show: Interview with Katie Couric
• Joe Namath's "Heroes: Made in the U.S.A."
• Chicago Tonight with John Callaway WTTW: PBS
• "For Kids Sake" WGN-TV Chicago IL
• Good Morning Mississippi
• "Fox News" WFLD-TV Chicago IL
• The Steve Cochran Show, WGN Radio, Chicago IL
• Newsmakers, Comcast
• The Clarion-Ledger, Associated Press Article, Jan 2006
• Featured in: Us News & World Report, Ladies Home Journal, Reader’s Digest, Chicago Tribune, Newark Star Ledger NIH Record, Baton Rouge Advocate, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Chicago Sun Times, Glasgow Daily Record, and Single Parents Magazine