Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 41, 2003-present

Minority Leader, Georgia State Senate, 2011-2021

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 41, 2018

Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 55, 1991-1999

Candidate, Georgia State Commissioner of Labor, 1998

Former Member, Administrative Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Ethics Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Health and Human Services Subcommittee on Scope of Practice, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources and the Environment Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Reapportionment and Redistricting, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, State Institutions and Property Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Pharmacology, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Technology and Education, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Technology and Education, Georgia State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Urban Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Democratic Caucus Whip, Georgia State Senate, 2009-2011

Teacher/Vocational Administrator, Henson Training Institute, present

Former Assistant Floor Leader, Governor Zell Miller

Former Employee, Human Resource Development

Member, DeKalb Lung Association, present

Member, Georgia Advisory Council for the Mentally Ill, present

Member, Georgia Epilepsy Board, present

Member, League of Women Voters, present

Member, Oakhurst Community Health Clinic, present

Member, Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics (PRISM), present

President, Stone Mountain Exchange Club, present

Member, Tucker Jaycees, present

Former Chair, DeKalb County Democratic Party

Former Chair, DeKalb Senate Delegation

Former Officer, Dekalb Jaycees

Former President, Young Democrats of Georgia

Awards:

Rainbow PUSH Leadership Award, 2015
Technology Legislator of the Year, Technology Association of Georgia, 2013
Arnie Award, Creative Loafing, 2013
Honor Roll Legislator, Georgia Conservation Voters, 2010
Award of Excellence, Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, 2009
Environmental Leadership Award, Georgia Conservation Voters, 2009
Legislator of the Year, Organization of DeKalb Educators, 2008