She is appointed by the Board of Supervisors to the Napa Commission on Aging and has served three terms as Chair. She is a member of the District Attorney's Elder Abuse Prevention Council and is currently Co-Chair of the Healthy Aging Population Initiative (HAPI). Prior to becoming a lawyer, Naomi focused her advocacy on the concerns of elders residing in nursing homes and residential care facilities and directed the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program for Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. She served as the first executive director for the California Long Term Care Ombudsman Association. Naomi has been an advocate for elders for more than 30 years.