Former Member, California Air Resources Board

Senator, California State Senate, District 13, 2012-2020

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2008-2012

Member, San Mateo City Council, 1991-1998

Supervisor, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, 1998

Mayor, City of San Mateo, 1994

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Assembly Stimulus, Economic Recovery, and Jobs (SERJ) Task Force

Former Member, Bay Area Regional Planning Committee

Former Chair, Board of Directors, Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Former Member, Board of Directors, Local Agency Formation Commission

Former Member, Board of Directors, San Mateo County Transit District

Former Liaison, Board of Supervisors, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Advisory Committee

Former Member, Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, California Council on Criminal Justice

Former Member, Caltrain Joint Powers Board

Former Member, Children with Special Needs Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, California State Senate

Former Member, Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Environmental Quality Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Governmental Organization Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Rules, California State Senate

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

Former Member, Regional Airport Planning Committee

Former Member, San Mateo County Library Joint Powers Authority

Former Member, Select Committee on Career Technology and the New Economy

Former Member, Select Committee on Women, Work and Families

Former Member, Select Committee on the Governor's 2019 Report: Wildfires and Climate Change - California's Energy Future

Former Member, Subcommittee on California's Innovation, Technology and LIfe Sciences Economy, California State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Trans-Bay Terminal Joint Powers Authority

Former Member, Vehicle Theft Task Force

Former Member, committee on Gas and Electric Infrastructure Safety

Majority Caucus Chair, California State Assembly, 2010-2015

Adjunct Professor, Public Policy, Notre Dame de Namur University, present

Owner, Pool-Cleaning Business, present

Member, Advisory Board, Emergency Food and Shelter Program

Member, Advisory Board, San Mateo Youth Foundation

Member, Advisory Board, School of Sciences, Notre Dame de Namur University

Member, Advisory Board, Service League of San Mateo County

Member, Advisory Board, Sustainable San Mateo

Member, Board of Directors, San Mateo Medical Center

Liaison, Board of Supervisors, Commission on Disabilities

Liaison, Board of Supervisors, Events Center Board

Liaison, Board of Supervisors, Fish Network of the Central California Counties

Liaison, Board of Supervisors, Historical Association

Member, California State Association of Counties

Founder, Fatherhood Collaborative

Member, Neighborhood Homeowners Association

Member, President's Advisory Council, College of San Mateo

Member, San Mateo Police Activities League