Vice President, International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD), 2010-2013.
President-Elect Association for Africanist Anthropology, 2011-2013.
Past President, Culture and Agriculture, 2009-2010.
President-Elect, Retired Faculty of the University of Florida (RFUF), 2012.
Chair, City Beautification Board, Gainesville, Florida, 2002-present.
Chair, United Nations Day, Gainesville, Florida Chapter, 2012.