In 2008, Speaker Howell appointed her to serve on the Indigent Defense Commission where she now serves as Vice-Chairman and chairs the Budget Committee. In 2013, Governor McDonnell appointed her to the Board of Medical assistance services. DMAS is the agency that administers Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Virginia. Her career includes state and federal government service, including a year spent as a visiting attorney with the United States Sentencing Commission in Washington D.C.