• Author, “Agri Manners: Essential Etiquette for Professional Success” 2015
  • 2009 – Selected as “Educator of the Year” by the South Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
  • 2001-2008 – United States Department of Defense Scientific Peer Review Panel for Breast Cancer
  • Author, “The Little Pink Book of Etiquette-Special Edition” 2008
  • Delta Kappa Gamma Society-International Honor Society for Women Educators, May, 2006
  • Excellence in Teaching Award – Upper Iowa University, 2005-06
  • Class President, West Des Moines Citizen’s Police Academy, 2004
  • Member, the Inaugural Class, LEADERSHIP USA, 1995
  • International Book of Honor, 1996
  • Initiate, Oxford Society of Scholars
  • 1994 Winner, Oxford Grail Award
  • President, Ronald McDonald House, Des Moines, Iowa 1990-92
  • Graduate, Leadership Iowa, 1989
  • Graduate, Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute, 1988