Mayor, City of Baltimore, Maryland, 2016-2019

Majority Leader, Maryland State Senate, 2015-2016

Senator, Maryland State Senate, 2007-2016

Deputy Majority Leader, Maryland State Senate, 2011-2015

Deputy Majority Whip, Maryland State Senate, 2008-2011

Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000, 2008

Assistant Deputy Majority Whip, 2007

Representative, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2005-2007

Appointed, Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, June 2005

Member, Baltimore City Council, 1999-2004

Member, Task Force on the Minority Business Enterprise Program and Equity Investment Capital, 2008-2009, 2010-present

Chair, Democratic Caucus, 2011-present

Chair, Endorsement Committee, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2011-present

Member, Task Force to Study High-School Dropout Rates of Persons in the Criminal Justice System, 2011-present

Member, Task Force to Study the Impact of Adjunct Faculty on Graduation Rates at Historically Black Institutions, 2011-present

Member, Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services by State Agencies, 2010-present

Member, Human Services and Public Safety Committee, Southern Legislative Conference, 2008-present

Member, Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2008-present

Member, Pimlico Community Development Authority, 2008-present

Communications Chair, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce Committee, Conference of State Legislatures, 2007-present

Member, Governor's Wellmobile Program Advisory Board, 2007-present

Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2005-present

Member, Maryland Aviation Administration Small and Minority Business Council, 2005-present

Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2005-present

Member, Ashburton Community Association, 1990-present

Former Member, Baltimore Metropolitan Council Advisory Committee

Chair Emeritus, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2013

President, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2013

First Vice President, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2012

Second Vice President, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2008-2009, 2010-2011

First Vice Chair, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2008-2010

President Elect, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2009-2010

Member, Task Force to Study Motor-Vehicle Towing Practices, 2008-2009

Treasurer, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2007-2008

Member, Maryland Home-Ownership Preservation Task Force, 2007

President/Chief Executive Officer, CE Pugh & Company, 1988-present

Former Dean/Director, Strayer Business College

Chair of Development, Associated Black Charities, 2005-present

Chair, Board of Directors, Maryland Center for Arts and Technology, 2005-present

Member, Moveable Feast, 2003-present

Member, Baltimore Reads, 2002-present

Member, Hampden Family Center, 2002-present

Board Member, University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, 2001-present

Member, Ashburton Community Association, 1990-present