Senator, Florida State Senate, District 31, 2016-2017

Senator, Florida State Senate, District 27, 2012-2016

Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, 2010-2012

Mayor, City of Lake Worth, 2007-2009

Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Florida State Senate, 2016-2017

Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, Florida State Senate, 2016-2017

Member, Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Committee, Florida State Senate, 2016-2017

Vice Chair, Community Affairs Committee, Florida State Senate, 2016-2017

Member, Criminal Justice Committee, Florida State Senate, 2016-2017

Member, Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight, Florida State Senate, 2016-2017

Chair, Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency, 2004-2006

Vice Chair, Lake Worth Civil Service Board, 2003

Former South Florida Communications Manager, Energy Systems Group

Former Newspaper Reporter, Naples Daily News

Legislative Aide, State Representative Mary Brandenburg, 2002

Member, Lake Worth Kiwanis, 2003-present

Member, Florida Kiwanis Club, 2002-present

Former President, College Park Neighborhood Association

Member, Executive Board, Palm Beach County League of Cities, 2007-2009

Member, Metropolitan Planning Organization, 2007-2009

President, Lake Worth Kiwanis, 2006

Board Member, United Arts Council, 1999-2000

Awards:

Florida Professional Firefighters, Legislator of the Year, 2012;
Fraternal Order of Police, Law and Order Legislator, 2012;
Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce, Friend of Business, 2008;

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Playing music, sports, reading