- Chair emeritus of America's Promise Alliance, a nonprofit founded by her husband Colin Powell that seeks to help at-risk youths by coordinating the efforts of a "cross-sector association of community organizations, businesses, and government organizations".
- Was advisor to the Red Cross of the military district of Washington during her husband Colin Powell's tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
- Was on President Barack Obama's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities from 2010 to 2012.
- Met her future husband Colin Powell on a blind date in 1961 shortly before he was deployed to Vietnam as a military adviser.
- Served on the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
- Studied speech pathology and audiology at Emerson College in Boston and worked for a time as the staff audiologist for the Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing.
- Four months after she married Colin Powell he was deployed to Vietnam, leaving Alma to navigate the first few years of her life as a newlywed alone.
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