Both of her grandmothers, Mary Billings French and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, were important to the early development of YWCA USA.
In that role, she created, developed and implemented an annual No Pesticides Day..[3] Since March 2007 Waletzky has been the Chair of the New York State Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Dr Waletzky is a founding board member of the Friends of Rockefeller State Park Preserve, responsible for helping to create a new master plan and bio-diversity study.
As a psychiatrist, she was a clinical assistant professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown University Hospital, where she published numerous articles.
In 1982, she co-founded the Medical Illness Counseling Center (1993 Significant Achievement Award) and also founded DateAble in 1987, a dating and friendship service for people with disabilities.Her background as a physician led to a concern about the effects of pesticides and other toxins on the health of people and wildlife.