Senator, California State Senate, District 25, 2016-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 30, 2024

Candidate, California State Senate, District 25, 2020

Assemblymember, California State Assembly, 2006-2012

Mayor, City of La Cañada Flintridge, 2001-2002, 2005-2006

Member, La Cañada Flintridge City Council, 1999-2006

Chair, Appropriations Committee

Member, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee

Member, Governmental Organization Committee

Member, Insurance Committee

Member, Joint Committee on the Arts

Chair, Select Committee on California, Armenia and Artsakh Mutual Trade, Art and Cultural Exchange

Member, Senate Select Committee on School Climate and Student Safety

Former Member, Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, La Cañada School District/City Council Joint-Use Committee

Former Member, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Sanitation County of Los Angeles, District 34

Former Member, Select Committee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Mental Health and Addiction, California State Senate

Former Member, Student Success Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee 1 on Education, California State Senate

Member, K-12 Education Options Committee, La Cañada School District, 2000-2001

Line Producer, El Regalo de Paquito, Telemundo

Production Designer, Grizzly Adams: The Mark of the Bear

Co-Writer/Producer, Time of Tears, New World Pictures

Visiting Fellow, University of Southern California

Art Director, Unsolved Mysteries, NBC

Property Master, Warm Summer Winds, American Playhouse

Member, Advisory Board, San Gabriel Valley Chapter, Habitat For Humanity

Former Vice Chair, Advisory Committee, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

Member, Altadena Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Member, Arroyo Democratic Club

Member, Art Department, Break of Dawn, American Playhouse

Former Member, Bond Measure "P" Oversight Committee, Pasadena City College

Former Member, California Film Commission

Member, Democratic Club of the Pasadena Foothills

Member, Foothill Community Democratic Club

Member, La Cañada Flintridge Democratic Club

Member, La Cañada Kiwanis Club

Member, La Cañada Oaks Mountain Bike Association

Member, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement

Former Executive Board Member/Member of the Legislative Committee, Los Angeles County Division, League of California Cities

Former President, Mayors & Council Members Department, League of California Cities

Member, National Italian-American Foundation

Member, Northeast Democratic Club

Member, Parent-Teacher Association, La Cañada Elementary School

Member, Parent-Teacher Association, La Cañada High School

Member, Pasadena Audubon Society

Former Director, Sanitation County of Los Angeles, District 28

Member, Sierra Club

Member, South Pasadena Democratic Club

Member, Stonewall Democratic Club

Member, Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance

Executive Board Member/Chair of the Legislative Committee, California Contract Cities Association, 2003-2004

Member, Steering Committee, Pasadena Area United Democratic Headquarters, 2002, 2004

Co-Chair, ACT, 2001-2003

Member, Advisory Committee, La Cañada Flintridge Investment, 1998-1999

Awards:

Pasadena City College, Glendale Community College, National Parents Day Coalition, the California Police Chiefs Association, Aging Services of California, the National Donor Marrow Registry, the Community College Chancellors Office, Labor Council for Latino American Advancement, Kiwanis/La Cañadan of the Year, Options/Marge Wyatt Award and the La Canada Community Center/Gilbert Smith "Smitty" Award.

Mother's Name:

Barbara

Spouse's Occupation:

xecutive at Warner Brothers and also has an impressive civic resume, including being a Girl Scout Leader and a PTA President