Jacqueline consistently serves her profession and her community through participation in state and local volunteer activities. At the state level, she completed her fifth term as a director of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers ("FAWL") and presently serves as a member of FAWL's Nominations Committee. During her tenure, Jacqueline chaired and implemented, both locally and state-wide, a reading and mentoring program for the benefit of PACE Centers for Girls. This program, called Breakfast & Books, continues today and received the 2008 Public Service Award from the National Conference of Women's Bar Associations.
Locally, Jacqueline is a past president of the Collier County Women’s Bar Association ("CCWBA"). In 2002, she joined the board of her local PACE Center and presently serves as Vice Chair of that organization. She also chairs the Juvenile Drug Court Advisory Board, actively participates in Justice Teaching, and frequently provides volunteer mediation services in Collier County, Small Claims Division. Jacqueline also devotes a significant amount of time working on issues pertaining to the foreclosure crisis. She is a working member of Collier County's Foreclosure Task Force and chairs its mediation committee, leading efforts to develop a foreclosure mediation model for Collier County. Finally, as a graduate of Leadership Collier, Class of 2009, Jacqueline continuously works collaboratively with her fellow classmates to support local charities.
Service At-A-Glance
Collier County Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section, since 2000; Member Benefits Committee, 2005; Seminar Planning Committee, 2004-2005
Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL), since 2001; Director / Project Chair Breakfast & Books, 2003- 2005; Development Director, 2007-2008; Nominations Committee, 2009
Collier County Women's Bar Association, since 2001; Director / Project Chair Voices for Kids, 2002-2005; Vice President, 2002-2004; President, 2004-2005; FAWL Liaison, 2007-2008; Judicial Independence Liaison, 2007-2008
Juvenile Drug Court Advisory Board, Chair 2008-2009
PACE Centers for Girls, Immokalee, Director, 2003-2005; Treasurer, 2006-2007; Vice Chair, 2008- 2009
Justice Teaching, Volunteer, 2006-2009
Juvenile Drug Court, Panel Participant, 2007-2008
Kingsley Center for Girls, Women as Role Models, guestspeaker, 2003
Mock Trial, Law Week, and Law Clinic, Volunteer, 1999-2007
Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce, Member Retention Committee, 2004-2005
