Candidate, Arizona State Senate, District 19, 2014

Candidate, Arizona House of Representatives, District 12, 2010

Candidate, Arizona State Senate, District 12, 2008

Precinct Committee Member, Democratic Party, 2007-2008

Member, Emerge Arizona, 2007-2008

Commissioner, Avondale Planning and Zoning Commission, 2008

Principal Investigator, Carl Sagan Center, Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, 2003-2008

Lecturer, Introduction to Astronomy, Arizona State University, 2002-2003

Research Associate, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 1998-2002

National Research Council Fellow, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1995-1998

NASA Graduate Research Fellow, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center/Stanford University, 1991-1995

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, 1989-1991

Nuclear Engineer, Arizona Public Service, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 1986-1988

Member, American Astronomical Society, 1989-2008

Member, Leadership West, 2007-2008

Founder/Chair, Galactic Center Newsletter, 1995-2006

Co-Chair, Galactic Center Workshop, 1998, 2002

Favorite Quote:

?Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.? John F. Kennedy

Priority Issues:

Transporation for the West Valley, Education, Jobs, Housing.

Publications:

The Central 300 Parsecs of the Galaxy, 2002 Conference Proceedings, A. Cotera, S. Markoff, T. R. Geballe, and H. Falcke, Wiley-VCH publishers

The Central Parsec of the Galaxy, 1998 Conference Proceedings, H. Falcke, A. Cotera, W. Duschl, F. Melia, and M. Rieke, A.S.P. Conf. Ser. Vol 186