Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2019-present

Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 92, 1984-present

Former Assistant Majority Whip, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 92, 2022

Deputy Majority Whip At-Large, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2017-2018

Deputy Majority Whip, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1993, 2003

Assistant Majority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1989, 1995-2003

Member/Chair, Budget Committee, City of New Haven Board of Aldermen, 1980-1986

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Environment Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Judiciary

Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Development

Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Health

Member, Subcommittee on Human Services

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

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

Former Member, Subcommittee on Regulation and Protection, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Instructor, Ohio State University

Former Instructor, Rutgers University

Employee, Economic Development, City of Norwalk, Connecticut, 1980-1982

Co-Founder/Director, New Haven Shelter for Battered Women, 1976-1981

Member, Democratic Town Committee

Member, Board of Alderman, Town of New Haven, 1980-1986

Awards:

Legislator of the Year, Association of Retarded Citizens; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Ambulance Association; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Anti-Hunger Coalition; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Association of Halfway Houses; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Association of Human Services; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Association of Non-Profits (CARF); Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Association of Substance Abuse Agencies; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Coalition for Children; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Dental Society; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Public Health Association; Legislator of the Year, Connecticut United Way NEHCEU District 1199; Legislator of the Year, HealthFirst; Legislator of the Year, Maternal/Child Health Care; Legislator of the Year, Project M.O.R.E. Incorporated; Legislator of the Year, Region II Mental Health Providers; Legislator of the Year, Women's Health Services; Susan B. Anthony Award, Connecticut National Organization for Women (NOW).