President of New Jersey Stonewall Democrats since 2006, she is also Political Director of The Gender Rights Advocacy Association of NEW JERSEY (GRAANJ). A founding member, she served as Vice-Chair of Garden State Equality from 2006-2008. Active nationally, she serves on the Executive Board of National Stonewall Democrats as Chair of the DNC Relations Committee, as well as the Advisory Board of the National Center for Transgender Equality.

In 2004 she was a recipient of the New Jersey Personal Liberty Fund's Honors Award, and was New Jersey's only "out" elected GLBT voting delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention and its first transgender delegate. Following Victory 2005, she served on Governor - elect Jon S. Corzine's Labor and Workforce Development Transition Advisory Board. In 2006 she received the Trenton Gay and Lesbian Civic Association (TGLCA) - Triangle Award. She was named to Hillary Clinton's National LGBT Steering Committee in 2007 and served as a member of the NEW JERSEY delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 2008.

She is currently a member of the New Jersey Civil Unions Review Commission and the Edison Township Municipal Alliance. She has served on the Board of Congregation Beth Mordecai in Perth Amboy for over 25 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University and an MBA from Pace University.

She and her late wife Carol were Princesses in the Imperial Court of New York where they helped recruit corporate sponsors to support the Courts charitable work. Widowed in 2001, she takes one day at a time, enjoys spoiling her two grandchildren and wishes they can enjoy a life where people learn to communicate, take responsibility for their actions or inactions, and have respect for each other!