Representative, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1988-2019

Former Ranking Minority Member, Commerce Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Represenatatives

Chair, Executive Board, National Conference of State Legislators

Former Chair, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Member, Joint State Government Commission on Real Property

Member, Joint State Government Commission on Stroke Prevention

Member, Speaker's Bipartisan Reform Commission

Former Chair, Urban Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Chair, Pennsylvania House Urban Affairs Committee, 2009

Co-Chair, Information Technology Subcommittee of the House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, 1995

Law Clerk, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Office of General Counsel

Law Clerk, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg

Chief Executive Officer, East Poplar NAC

Member, Board of Directors, Philadelphia High School Academies

Member, Board of Trustees, Lincoln University

Chair, Consumers Education Protection Association, North Philadelphia Branch

Board Member, Cunningham Community House

Founder, East Poplar Community Economic Development Corporation

Former Vice President, Philadelphia Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Member, Saint Phillips Baptist Church