Awards and Distinctions
- “Chief Judge Robert M. Bell Award” for Outstanding Contribution to Alternative Dispute Resolution in Maryland (2018)
- “Fellow”, International Academy of Mediators (2018)
- “Top 100 MBE Award”, Minority Owned Business Enterprises for the Mid-Atlantic Region (2014)
- “Brava Award”, SmartCEO Magazine (Top 15 Maryland Female CEOs, 2012)
- “Most Spirited Woman Award,” the American Red Cross, MyCity4Her and the Baltimore Business Journal (2011)
- “Special Leader of the Year Award”, YWCA, for work in leadership and the eradication of racism (2010)
- “ACET”, First Mediation Trainer Nationally Approved as an Accredited Continuing Education Trainer (ACET) by the National Association for Conflict Resolution, (2010)
- “Hall of Fame”, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School Hall of Fame, Springfield, IL (2010)
- “Maryland Circle of Excellence,” The Daily Record (2009)
- “Most Enterprising Woman Award”, Baltimore Business Journal (2009)
- “Top 100 MBE Award”, Minority Owned Business Enterprises for the Mid-Atlantic Region (2009)
- “Maryland’s Top 100 Women”, The Daily Record (2004, 2007, 2009)
- “Baltimore’s Best” Mediator, Baltimore Magazine (2002)
- “Advanced Practitioner”, the Association of Conflict Resolution, Family Section (2001-present)
- “Certified Transformative Mediator”, Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, only performance-based measure for national certification (1999)
- “Certified Mediator”, Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution, the only performance-based certification in the State of Maryland (1997)
- “Advanced Practitioner”, Academy of Family Mediators (1992-2001)
- “Pro Bono Award”, Whiteford, Taylor and Preston, LLP (1990)
- “Most Outstanding Woman Law Student”, Washington & Lee School of Law (1988)