Member of Advisory Council for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Member of Biology Directorate for the National Science Foundation Member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Assessing the System for Protecting Human Research Subjects Member of the National Research Council (United States) Committee on the Structure of NIH Member of the congressionally mandated National Science Foundation Committee on the Equal Opportunity in Science and Engineering Board of directors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001-2005 Member of the Board, Transkaryotic Therapies, 2003-4[1] Chair of the Board, Transkaryotic Therapies, 2005[17] Founding member, Board member, Vice President of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Chair, Board of Trustees, Pine Manor College, 2007 Member of the US delegation to the Asian-Pacific Economic Conference-Women and the Economy Forum, 2012[17]