Assembly Member, Nevada State Assembly, 2004-2014

Member, Advisory Committee, Nevada's Department of Transportation

Former Member, Audit Committee, Nevada State Assembly

Former Member, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining Committee, Nevada State Assembly

Former Member, Public Safety, Military and Veterans' Services Committee, Nevada State Assembly

Chair, Democratic Party of Contra Costa, California, 1992-1998

Federal Official, retired

Program Manager, United States Department of Labor, 1975-1987

Contracting Officer, United States Department of Defense/National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963-1974

Officer, United States Navy, 1959-1962

Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Member, Common Cause

Board Member, Las Vegas-Clark County Urban League

Member, League of Women Voters

Member, National Urban League

Member, Nature Conservancy

Member, World Wildlife Fund

Volunteer Lobbyist, Nevada American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 2003

Board Member, Urban League of Clark County-Southern Nevada, 2003

Founder, Community Employment Coalition of the Bay Area, 1987-1998

State Board Member/Former President, Maryland Common Cause, 1973-1984