A frequent visitor to South Korea, she was a member of the board of the American Friends of Chung-Ang University.
Her mother is on the board of the American Friends of the Israel Museum.
R. Wayne Diesel, a former state budget director who was on the board of the Friends, is advising Excelsior.
He continued to serve on the national board of the American Friends of the Hebrew University.
He is on the board of the Friends of Nassau County, a branch of the Office of Cultural Development.
He currently serves on the boards of the Friends of the Marriott Library at the University of Utah and the Utah Westerners.
Her mother is on the boards of the Friends of the New Jersey State Museum and of the Historical Society of Princeton.
She is recognized for her successful attempts to make Pike Place Market a historic site, and her service on the board of the Friends of the Market.
Katina Zachmanoglou, a member of the board of the Friends and Advocates of the Mentally Ill, agreed.