A graduate of Goucher College and the University of Maryland School of Social Work, Himmelrich also serves on the boards of United Way of Central Maryland, the University of Maryland School of Social Work, the Zanvyl and Isabel Krieger Fund for Change, the Goldseker Foundation and the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women. Himmelrich is also a member of the advisory committee of the House of Ruth, and a past Campaign Chairman, Chairman of the Board and currently a member of the Governance Committee of THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. She has also taken leadership roles in the past with the American Red Cross, Action for the Homeless. Mrs. Himmelrich and her husband, Sam, are the parents of four children and the grandparents