Membership in organizations.

Awards from organizations.

Membership in organizations

Neighborhood

• North Cambridge Stabilization Committee - Chair/vice-chair 1996 to 2005
• Alewife Study Group- On original Board of Directors, primary fund raiser ($30,000 in grant funds)
• Association of Cambridge Neighborhoods
• Center for Families of North Cambridge - Community Advisory Committee, 2001-2002
• Maria L. Baldwin School - School Advisory Committee, 2002-present

Environmental

• Sierra Club (life member). Board of Greater Boston Group, 1999-2001 and 2003-2005; Chair, Inner City Outings, 1993-1997, equipment manager 2001-present
• National Parks and Conservation Association
• National Trust for Historic Places
• Audubon Society
• Trustees of Reservations
• Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition

Social

• Anti-Defamation League
• Bikes not Bombs
• Handgun Control, Inc.
• Museum of Fine Arts
• NARAL
• National Writers Union
• Southern Poverty Law Center

Military

• Marine Corps League (life member)
• Marine Corps Reserve Officers' Association (life member)

Awards from organizations

• Susan B. Desmarais Public Service Achievement and Leadership award, Boston College Law School, 1993
• Cum Laude, Boston College Law School, 1993
• Naval ROTC Leadership Award, 1984
• Marine Corps Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, 1985