Member, Lexington Town Meeting, 1989-present

Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Fifteenth Middlesex, 1994-2019

Chair, Joint Committee on Revenue, present

Founder/CAC Chair, Massachusetts Bays Program

Former Chair, Revenue Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Chair, Joint Committee on Revenue, present Chair, Special Commission on Property Tax Alternatives, 1997-1998

Chair, Special Commission on Property Tax Alternatives, 1997-1998

Chair, Special Task Force on Medical Records Privacy, 1997-1998

Chair, Special Task Force on Medical Records Privacy, 1997-1998

Co Chair, Special Task Force on Genetic Privacy, 1996-1997

Co Chair, Special Task Force on Genetic Privacy, 1996-1997

Citizens Advisory Board Member, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, 1987-1994

Superintendent's appointee, Lexington Public Schools Budget and Strategic Planning Committee, 1988-1993

Gubernatorial appointee, Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources, 1983-1986

Director, Northeastern University Center for Leadership and Public Life, 2004-present

Strategic Planning Consultant, Jay R. Kaufman Associates, 1990-present

Principal, Jay R. Kaufman Associates-Strategic Planning

Executive Director, Massachusetts Bay Consortium

Education Specialist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant Program

Director, 'A New Public Education', Brandeis University, 2000-2002

Executive Director, Massachusetts Bay Consortium, 1978-1990

Education Specialist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978-1983

Member, Environmental Business Council

Founder/CAC Chair, Massachusetts Bays Program

Member, Massachusetts Water Supply Citizens Advisory Committee

Member, Small Business Association of New England

Member, WGBN