Former Member, Rules Committee, Nebraska State Legislature

Senator, Nebraska State Legislature, District 45, 2013-2021

Former Member, Business and Labor Committee, Nebraska State Legislature

Former Member, Health and Human Services, Nebraska State Legislature

Former Member, Legislative Performance Audit Committee, Nebraska State Legislature

Former Member, Revenue Committee, Nebraska State Legislature

Former Member, Urban Affairs Committee, Nebraska State Legislature

Professor, Creighton University: Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society, 1995-present

Faculty Associate, Health Services Research and Patient Safety Creighton University, present

Professor, Political Science, Creighton University, present

Former Research Analyst

Member, American Political Science Association

Member, American Political Science Association

Member, Bellevue Chamber of Commerce

Former Member, Bellevue Parent Teacher Association

Writer, Creighton University Online Ministry

Member, Editorial Board, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Member, Green Bellevue

Advisor, Key Votes, Project VoteSmart Nebraska

Former Member, Mission Middle School Parent Teacher Association

Member, New Life Baptist Church

Member, board, Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership

Member, United States Senator Chuck Hagel's Health Care Reform Committee, 2006

Research Assistant, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, 1990-1995