Service to STC and Awards
2023 - Awarded the STC President's Award
2022 - Honored with the inaugural STC Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Service
2022 - 2023 70th Anniversary Celebration Task Force Chair
2020 - 2021 - STC Fellows committee chair
2019 - STC Summit Co-Chair
2019 - Named an STC Fellow
2017 - 2020 Manager, STC Women in Tech Comm SIG
2017 - 2020 STC Education Advisory Panel member
2017 - 2018 STC Associate Fellows committee chair
2016 - Guest Editor of STC Intercom November/December 2016 issue "Legends of Technical Communication", winner: STC Intercom Outstanding Guest-Edited Issue 2016
2016 - Named an STC Associate Fellow
2015 - 2016 STC Intercom Editorial Advisory Panel member
2014 - 2015 STC Immediate Past President
2013 - 2014 STC President
2012 - 2013 STC Vice President
2007 - 2012 STC Director-At-Large
2011 - 2016 STC Intercom columnist: "The Essentials" (quick reference guides for technical communicators)
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2011, 2010, 2009 peer reviewer, Technical Communication (STC Journal)
2010 awarded Award of Merit for online communication from the Houston Chapter
I have presented talks at numerous chapters, STC webinars, plus the following regional conferences: Currents Atlanta, Spectrum Rochester, Northeast Ohio, and Philadelphia (Mid-Atlantic).
2008 Judge, International Student Technical Communication Competition (ISTCC)
2007 Judge, Pittsburgh Chapter Technical Publications Competition
2005 President, STC Pittsburgh Chapter
2005-2002, Programming Committee Chair, STC Pittsburgh Chapter
2004 Vice President, STC Pittsburgh Chapter
2004 Planning Chair, Region 4 conference in Pittsburgh: Writers Without Borders: Trends in Technical Communication
2003 Membership Chair, STC Pittsburgh Chapter
2002 awarded Award of Merit for online communication from the Pittsburgh Chapter
Map of STC Communities I have visited