Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, District 8, 1992-present

Candidate, Wisconsin State Senate, District 8, 2020

Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, 1990-1992

Former Member, Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Chair, Education Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures

Former Vice Chair, Education Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Executive Committee, Goals for Greater Milwaukee 2000 Project

Former Chair, Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Greater Milwaukee Committee

Former Member, Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief and Revenue Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Joint Employment Relations Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Joint Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Member, Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation

Former Member, Wisconsin Strategic Planning Council for Economic Development

Former Director of Marketing and Business Development, Milwaukee Architectural Firm

Former Director of Marketing and Communications, Milwaukee Art Museum

Vice President, Center for Public Presentation

Former Member, Children's Service Society of Wisconsin Board of Directors

Member, College Savings Program Board

Former Member, Executive Committee, American Red Cross of Wisconsin

Member, Fostering Futures Policy Advisory Council

Former President, Future Milwaukee

Former President, Junior League of Milwaukee

Former Member, League of Women Voters

Member, Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council

Former Member, Milwaukee Forum

Former Member, Next Door Foundation

Member, Nicolet Renovation Committee

Member, North Shore Rotary

Former Member, Public Policy Forum

Former Member, Tempo Professional Women's Organization

Former Member, Today's Girls/Tomorrow's Women, Boys & Girls Club

Former Chair, United Way Board, Allocations Committee

Co-Founder, Wisconsin Children’s Caucus

Former Board Member, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)

Number of Grandchildren:

3