President, Scotia Chamber Players Society; Secretary, Symphony Nova Scotia Foundation; Secretary, Nova Scotia Masterworks Awards Foundation (Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Arts Awards); Member, Technical Committee, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Canada); Past President, Canadian Bar Association (Nova Scotia); Past Chair, Wills, Estates and Trusts Section, Canadian Bar Association (National); Past Chair, Society of Trusts & Estates Practitioners (Atlantic); Past Chair, Nova Scotia Talent Trust. Member, Halifax Estate Planning Council. Past lecturer on Equity & Trusts, Law of Succession, and Estate Planning, Dalhousie University Law School. Distinguished Service Award, Canadian Bar Association (Nova Scotia).