Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2002-present

Deputy Majority Whip, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2007-2010

Member, Board of Education, Prince George's County, 1996-2002

Council Member, City Council, Mount Rainier, 1983-1987

Appointed Boards Committee, Vice-Chair, Law Enforcement and State-Appointed Boards Committee, Prince George’s County Delegation, 2011-present

Member, Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program Board, 2010-present

Member, Bi-County Committee, Prince George’s County Delegation, 2006-present

Member, Maryland Green Caucus, 2003-present

Member, Police Advisory Board, Mount Rainier, Maryland, 2001-present

Member, Lead Poisoning Prevention Study Group, 2011-present

Member, Legislative Effectiveness Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2007-present

Member, Maryland Foreclosure Task Force, 2011-present

Member, Commission to Study the Title Insurance Industry in Maryland, 2008-2010

Member, County Affairs Committee, Prince George’s County Delegation, 2008-2010

Member, Environment Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2007-2010

Member, Natural Resources Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2007-2010

Co-Chair, Delinquency Prevention and Diversion Services Task Force, 2006-2009

Chair, Task Force on the Establishment of Vocational and Technical Education High School Academics in Prince George’s County, 2007-2009

Member, Truancy Court Work Group, 2007-2008

Chair, Ground Rent Workgroup, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2007

Member, Legislative Effectiveness and State Government Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2005-2007

Member, Maryland Home-Ownership Preservation Task Force, 2007

Member, Task Force to Study Identity Theft, 2005-2007

Member, Appropriations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003-2006

Member, Child Welfare Workgroup, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2004-2006

Member, Oversight Committee on Personnel, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003-2006

Member, Public Safety and Administration Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2004-2006

Chair, Bi-County Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2003-2005

Member, Community Revitalization Subcommittee, Governor's Commission on Housing Policy, 2003-2004

Member, Health and Human Services Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003

Member, Economic Development Advisory Committee, Prince George's County, 1985-1992

Economic Crimes Unit State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 2001-present

Assistant State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1998-present

Experience, Attorney

Employee, Doyle Niemann Communications, 1994-2001

Corporate Communications Director, ULLICO Incorporated, 1986-1994

Vice-President/Senior Writer, The Kamber Group, 1983-1986

Membership and Communications Director, Rural America, 1981-1983

Project Director, The Youth Project, Community Jobs Clearinghouse, 1979-1981

Exploratory Project for Economic Alternatives Editor and Researcher, National Center for Economic Alternatives, 1978-1979

Managing Editor, In These Times, 1976-1978

Managing Editor, Atlanta Cooperative News Project, 1973-1976

Research Director, Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger, 1975-1976

Teaching Fellowship, Graduate School of Government, University of Texas, 1970

Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1997-present

Member, Board of Directors, Prince George’s Pool

Member, Board of Directors, Maryland Citizen Action Coalition, 1982-1994

Chair, Board of Directors, Community Advisory Board to Leland Memorial Hospital, 1990-1993

President, Freeze Voter National Education Project, 1986-1990

Member, Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 1986-1990