Commissioner, Planning and Zoning Commission

Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 64, 2001-2017

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Environment Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Development, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Results-Based Accountability, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Assistant Vice Chair, Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, 1994-2002

Member, Salisbury Democratic Town Committee, 1975-2002

Chair, Salisbury Democratic Town Committee, 1975-2002

Radio Show Host

Political Organizer

Host, Capitol Connections

Teacher, Regional School District 1, District 1, 1982-2000

Congressional Aide, United States House of Representatives, 1979-1982

Corporator, Northwestern Connecticut Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), 2001-present

Board Member, 21st Century Fund, 1998-present

Member, Advisory Board, Northwestern Connecticut Community College, 1990-present

Board Member, Housatonic Youth Service Bureau, 1990-present

Member, Advisory Board, Community Systems, Incorporated

Member, Advisory Board, Sharon Hospital

Honorary Member, Future Farmers of America

Member, Northwest Connecticut Arts Council, present

Board Member, Open Door

Founding Member, Open Door

Member, Taghhannuck Grange Number 100, present

Member, Women’s and Girls’ Fund, Community Foundation, Northwest Connecticut

President, Housatonic Youth Service Bureau, 1990-2002

Member, Board of Directors, Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet, 1989-2001

Awards:

Champion for Eldercare Award, Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities, 2005, Outstanding Legislator Award, Connecticut Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking, 2005; Town Crier Award, Council of Small Towns, 2004; Breath of Life Award, American Lung Association, 2003
Fleming Fellow, Center for Policy Alternatives, 2003; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Commission on Aging, 2003; Outstanding Legislator, Connecticut Coalition to stop Underage Drinking, 2003; Legislator of the Year, Working Lands Alliance, 2002; Honorary Member, Future Farmers of America, 1986.

Names of Grandchildren:

Joseph, Wesley, Hannah, Andrew

Number of Grandchildren:

Four.