President Pro Tempore, Washington State Senate, 2001-2011

Senator, Washington State Senate, 1993-2011

Assistant Democratic Floor Leader, Washington State Senate, 2003

Majority Whip, Washington State Senate, 1998

Democratic Whip, Washington State Senate, 1997

Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, 1991-1993

Member, Joint Select Committee on Public Health Financing

Member, Joint Select Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

Vice Chair, Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee

Vice Chair, Senate Rules Committee

Registered Nurse, retired

Advisory Board, Bates Technical College

Advisory Committee, Cancer Screening Program for Targeted Populations

Board Member, Cascade Regional Blood Services

Member, League of Women Voters, Tacoma/Pierce County

Member, Member, Area Health Education Center Board, Western Region

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Member, Pierce County Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Walk

Member, Pierce County Nurses Association

Member, Safe Streets

Member, South End Neighborhood for Family Safety

Experience, Stafford Study Club

Member, Tacoma Urban League

Experience, Washington Association of Community College Women's Programs

Member, Hunger Walk, 1993