Civic Leader
In 1985, she joined the board of the Salem YMCA where she remained until 1998. From 1995 to 1998 she served as that organization’s first female president. Berger was on the Salem-Keizer School District board from 1988 to 1992 and helped lead the campaign for a bond measure for capital improvements in what is the state's second largest school district. In 2001, along with her husband, she shared the award as First Citizens from the local chamber of commerce.
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