Minority Leader, Ohio State Senate, 2023-present

Senator, Ohio State Senate, District 23, 2019-present

Assistant Minority Leader, Ohio State Senate, 2021-2023

Minority Whip, Ohio State Senate, 2021

Representative, Ohio State House of Representatives, 2010-2019

Minority Whip, Ohio State House of Representatives, 2015-2018

Candidate, Ohio State Senate, District 23, 2018

Member, Lakewood City Council, District At-Large, 2005-2010

Ranking Member, Health

Member, Legislative Service Commission

Member, Rules and Reference

Ranking Member, Select Committee on Rail Safety Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Legislative Ethics

Ranking Member, Transportation

Former Member, Commerce, Labor and Technology Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Finance Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Finance Subcommittee on Higher Education, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Finance and Appropriations Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Health Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Minority Member, Health, Human Services and Medicaid Committee, Ohio State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Health/Aging Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Minority Member, Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee (JMOC), Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Legislative Ethics Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Medicaid Oversight Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Rules and Ordinances Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Rules and Reference Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health and Medicaid, Ohio State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Transportation, Commerce and Workforce Committee, Ohio State Senate

President, Star Communications Consulting, 1996-present

Member, Board for Spaces, Cleveland Tennant Organization, present

Member, Children's Caucus of Legislators, present

Member, Community Engagement Committee, Beck Center for the Arts, present

Member, Drug Court Advisory Committee, Cuyahoga County, present

Member, Lake Erie Caucus, present

Director, Women in Government, Ohio, present

Former Chair, American Cancer Society Relay for Life Event

Founding Member/Former Council Liaison, Community Relations Advisory Commission

Former Chair, Democratic Women’s Caucus, Cuyahoga

Former Board Member, Domestic Violence Center

Former Chair, Economic Development Committee, Lakewood City Council

Former Member, Finance Committee, Lakewood City Council

Member, Grow Lakewood Committee

Former Chair, Health and Human Services Committee, Lakewood City Council

Former Chair, Housing Committee, Lakewood City Council

Former Chair/Member, Lakewood Citizens Advisory Committee

Member, Lakewood High School, Athletic Boosters

Former Member, Lakewood Hospital Board

Member, Lakewood Schools Fifty Years Committee

Member, Lakewood Soccer Association

Former President, National Organization for Women, Greater Cleveland Chapter

State Director, National Women Legislators’ Lobby

Founding Member/Former Chair, NorthCoast HIV/AIDS Coalition

Former Chair, Ohio House Democratic Womens Caucus

Member, Ohio Women’s Leadership Forum

Former Member, Public Works Committee, Lakewood City Council

Member, Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice

Participant, Executive Leadership in State and Municipal Government, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2011

Founder, Womens Peace and Community Conference, Cleveland State University, 2002

United States Delegate, ASIA Pacific WINGS, International and Intercultural Education, Japan, Philippines, 1996