She has served as the IDEC East Region Chairperson since the Spring of 2012 and prior to that was the Regional Abstract Coordinator and co-chair of the Program Coordinator/Chairperson Network.In 2014 she co-chaired the IDEC Student Competition. Sandra is an Advisory Council member of the Architectural Technology Program at Erie Community College and the Interior Design Program at Alfred State College. She earned a Masters of Architecture Degree from the University at Buffalo. Sandra is a member of IDEC, IIDA and NKBA as well as the Interior Design Association of Western New York. In 2014 she was named IDEC Educator of the Year and in spring 2014 she graduated from the Academic Leadership Institute which is led by the Western New York Higher Education Consortium.