International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
(past president, NY/IABC, for two terms)

Public Relations Professionals of Long Island
(past president for two terms)

Society of Professional Journalists
(former executive board member, The Deadline Club in New York City;
15-year board member and former ethics chair, Press Club of Long Island; delegate to several SPJ National Conventions)

Personal and Professional Interests:

AcousticMusicScene.com
(my online publication providing news and commentary for the folk, roots and singer-songwriter communities)

Folk Music Society of Huntington (New York)
(president, board of directors)

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Folk Alliance International
(member, board of directors)

Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA)
(board member and past vice president, board of directors)

Roots Music Association
(first member of the month, May 2007)

The Eclectic Cafe (Bay Shore, New York)
(member, board of directors)

Tribes Hill
(former board member for this collective of musicians and their patrons from the Hudson Valley and beyond)

Other:

Phi Beta Kappa