Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 31, 2005-present

Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 31, 2020

Commissioner, Sedgwick County Commission, 1998-2004

Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations

Member, Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on State Building Construction

Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education

Chair, Subcommittee on Human Services

Vice Chair, Transparency and Ethics Committee

Member, Ways and Means Committee

Financial Officer, Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission, present

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Confirmation Oversight Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee, Kansas State Senate

Member, Department of Administration Subcommittee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Ethics, Elections and Local Government Committee, Kansas State Senate

Member, Health Subcommittee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on State Building Construction, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Legislative Budget Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Select Committee on Education Finance, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Education Finance, Kansas State Senate

Vice Chair, Senate Select Committee on Education Finance, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Health, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Social Services, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on the Department of Administration, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Kansas State Senate

Member, Board of Directors, State Agriculture and Rural Leadership, 2015

Co-Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Council of State Governments (CSG) Midwest, 2005-2013

Vice Chair, Energy and Environment Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 2009-2013

Kansas Representative/ Member, Executive Committee, CLEER, 2008-2013

Member, Executive Committee, The Energy Council, 2007-2013

Chair, Energy and Environment Joint Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2008-2012

Chair, Home and Community Based Services Oversight Joint Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2009-2012

Member, Kansas Security Joint Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2005-2012

Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2011-2012

Chair, Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2005-2011

Member, Utilities Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2009-2011

Member, High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Working Group, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 2005-2010

Member, Local Government Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2009-2010

Member, Midwestern Radioactive Waste Materials Transportation Committee, Council of State Governments (CSG) Midwest, 2006-present, 2006-2010

Vice Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2009-2010

Member, Ways and Means Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2005-2008

Co-Owner, Family Grain Production Farm, present

Crop Insurance Adjuster, Farm Bureau Insurance, 1995-1998

Junior High Coach and Substitute Teacher, Sedgwick Public Schools, 1995-1998

Member, Asbury Park Retirement Community of Newton Board of Trustees, 2012-present

Member, Advisory Council, Newton Regional Hospital, 2007-present

Member, Sand Extraction and Development Study in Intensive Groundwater Areas Task Force Chair, 2004-present

Former Vice President, Advisory Committee, Kansas Geological Survey

Board Member, Domestic Crisis Center, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Sedgwick County, 2007-present

Member, Land O' Lakes Executive Council

Member, Newton Rotary

Member, Board of Directors, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, 2009-2012

President, The Kansas African American Museum Board, 2008-2012

Member, Advisory Committee, Lower Arkansas Basin, 2004-2011

Member, Kansas Learning Center for Health, 2005-2011

Member, The Kansas African American Museum Board, 2003-2008

Member, Greater Wichita Convention and Visitors’ Bureau Member, 2002-2004

Board Member, Kansas Association of Counties, 2003-2004

Board Member, Old Cow Town Museum, 1998-2004

Member, Wichita Downtown Development Corporation, 2001-2004

Member, Several Sedgwick and Harvey County Chambers of Commerce, 1999-Present

Board Member, Andale Farmers’ Co-op, 1993-1998

Member, Kansas Farm Bureau State Committee, Natural Resources, 1995-1998

Former President, Sedgwick County Farm Bureau, 1995-1998

Awards:

Kansas Association of Addiction Professionals - Policy Maker of the Year - 2019;

Kansas Mental Health Coalition - Leadership and Collaboration - 2018;

Legislative Champion for Community Mental Health - 2017;

Intergovernmental Leadership Award - League of Kansas Municipalities - 2016;

Champion for the Cure - 2012;

United Teachers of Wichita Friend of Education -- 2011;

National Alliance on Mental Illness Kansas Legislative Excellence Award -- 2011

KWF Conservation Legislator of the Year - 2011;

National Alliance on Mental Illness, Award for Legislative Excellence - 2011;

Kansas Association of Homes and Service to the Aging, Chairs Citation - 2010;

Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas, Public Official of the Year -2008;

Sedgwick Commission Award for Service to South Central Kansas as Chair of the South Central Kansas Legislative Delegation -- 2008;

Farm Bureau Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award -- 2006;

The National Council of Negro Women, Leadership & Outreach Legacy Award -- 2004;

H.O.P.E. Inc., Outstanding Support of H.O.P.E. Inc. -- June 15, 2004;

Kansas Farm Bureau Natural Resources Award -- 1995, 1996, 1997

Spouse's Occupation:

Farmer, Former Engineer at Cessna