Nancy chairs the Public Works Committee on the City Council. She is a member of the Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Committee, Regional Planning Committee, and chairs the Earthquake Hazards Outreach Review Committee. She chairs the Re-entry Steering Committee, a project funded to help re-integrate previously incarcerated people after release from prison. She is an Executive Board member of the Oakland Community Action Agency whose charge is to help lift Oaklanders out of poverty. Nancy serves on the advisory committee for Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a non-profit formed to introduce restorative justice practices into the schools, juvenile justice system and community.