of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Achtenberg left the post in 1995 to run for mayor of San Francisco, and placed third behind Frank Jordan and Willie Brown (who would win in the runoff). From 1998 to 2004, Achtenberg helped develop the policies for both the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the San Francisco Center for Economic Development. In 2000, she became the Director of the Bank of San Francisco and Andrew J. Wong, Inc. She served as Senior Vice President for Public Policy at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce until January 2005. In 2000, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of California State University by Governor Gray Davis, becoming chair of the board in May 2006, serving on the CSU Board of Trustees until 2015. Achtenberg was in charge of the Housing and Urban Development Department's Agency Review Team that assisted the Obama administration during its transition to office. On January 26, 2011, President Barack Obama named Achtenberg to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Personal life Achtenberg met her former partner, Mary Morgan, judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court, in 1981. In 1985, Achtenberg and Morgan had a child, Benjamin. Awards 2003, awarded the first ever Public Administration Program Award for Public Service by San Francisco State University in recognition of Achtenberg's outstanding career in public service 1997, one of the "50 Most Influential Businesswomen in the Bay Area" 1994, GLAAD Media Awards, Visibility Award Founders Award from the National Center for Lesbian Rights In 2012, she was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the LGBT History Month. Award of Excellence by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Awarded "Woman of the Year" by the California State Senate for the Third District Management Volunteer of the Year by the United Way, Bay Area Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Achievement Award Southern California Women for Understanding Achievement Award National Organization for Women, Women of Achievement Award Publications "Behavior Modification: Legal Limitations on Methods and Goals", 50 Notre Dame Lawyer 230 (1975) Sexual Orientation and the Law, by Roberta Achtenberg (editor) (1985) "Partner Benefits Litigation: Expanding Definitions of the Family", Matthew bender Family Law Monthly (May 1987) The Adoptive and Foster Gay and Lesbian Parent, in Gay and Lesbian Parents, Bozett, Ed., Praeger Press (1987) Nicaragua's New Constitution: Report of August 1986 National Lawyers Guild Delegation