
Dr. Parker has served on President Obama’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) Steering Committee 2.0 and co-chaired AMP’s “Demand-Driven Workforce Development” work team. She has also sat on the Boards of Directors for the American Association of Community Colleges, National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers, Center for Quality People and Organizations, and Corporate Voices for Working Families, as well as the SkillsUSA Corporate Board and National Career Pathways Network Advisory Board. She currently serves on the Council for Adult and Experiencial Learning Advisory Council (Chair), National Academy of Sciences Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education, Center for Occupational Research and Development (Vice Chair), and Iowa-Minnesota Campus Compact Board of Directors (Chair of MNCC and Vice Chair of IAMNCC).