Senate, Minnesota State Senate, 1996-present

Majority Whip, Minnesota State Senate, 2001-2006

Member, State Senior Advisory Committee on Emergency Management, 2008-present

Member, Gang and Drug Oversight Council, 2007-present

Member, Next Generation 9-1-1 Core Advisory Committee, 2007-present

Chair, Preparedness for Disasters and Terrorism Working Group, 2007-present

Member, Bottineau Boulevard Partnership, 2006-present

Member, Victory Memorial Drive Task Force, 2006-present

Member, National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, 2002-present

Former Member, City Charter Commission, City of Minneapolis

Member, E-Waste Task Force

Member, Hennepin County Women's Political Caucus

Member, Mental Health Caucus

Member, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, State Executive Committee

Member, Reuse of Historic Ford Building Task Force

Chair, Task Force on the Effects of Foreclosure on Local Governments

Member, Voter Registration Card Redesign Task Force

Member, Predatory Lending Working Group, 2007-2008

Member, Minnesota Asthma Steering Committee, 2006-2007

Member, Commission on Metropolitan Governance, 2003-2006

Member, Council on Black Minnesotans, 1997-2006

Member, Early Childhood Caucus, 2004-2006

Member, Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources, 2002-2006

Member, Joint House-Senate Solid Waste Working Group, 2000-2001

Member, Predatory Lending Task Force, 1999-2001

Member, Mortgage Flipping Task Force, 1998-2000

Administrative Analyst II, Minneapolis Regulatory Services Department, Business Licensing Division, present

Administrative Analyst II, Minneapolis Regulatory Services Department, Problem Properties Unit, 2006-2008

Administrative Staff, Minneapolis City Council Member Joe Biernat, 1993-1996

Self-Employed, Writer/Editor/Proofreader/Desktop Publisher, 1986-1993

Editor/Writer, McGraw-Hill Publications/Control Data Corporation/Modern Medicine Publications, 1973-1991

Member, National Conference of State Legislatures, Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee, 2007-present

Member, Council of State Governments, Emerging Trends in Healthcare Committee, 2002-present

Member, National Conference of State Legislatures, Health Committee, 2002-present

Member, Saint Anthony Falls Heritage Board, 1997-present

Volunteer, Political Campaigns, 1977-present

Board Member, Cedar-Riverside People's Center

Member, Clear Air, Clear Water Unlimited

Member, Council of State Governments, Executive Committee

Board Member, Council on Black Minnesotans

Member, Friends of Democratic-Farmer-Labor Women

Member, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness

Board Member, Greater Lake Country Food Bank

Member, Minneapolis Capital Long-Range Improvements Committee

Member, Minneapolis Charter Commission

Neighborhood Host, Minneapolis Home Tours

Board Member, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts

Member, Minneapolis Urban League Capital Campaign

Co-Chair, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party State Convention

Chair, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, District 58 and Executive Committee

Member, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, State Central Committee

Member, Minnesota Rovers Outing Club

Member, National Organization for Women

Corporate Member, Northside Neighborhood Housing Services

Member, Old Highland Neighborhood Association

Member, Plymouth Christian Youth Center Capital Campaign

Member, Reuben Lindh Capital Campaign

Member, Saint Anthony Falls Heritage Board

Member, Sierra Club

Volunteer, Toys for Tots

Board, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2002-2006

Member, National Conference of State Legislatueres, 2002-2006

Member, Council of State Government, Executive Committee, 2004-2005