Deputy Majority Leader, Maryland State Senate, 2020-present

Senator, Maryland State Senate, District 24, 2011-present

Candidate, Maryland State Senate, District 24, 2022

Member, Maryland Medicaid Advisory Committee, 2017-2019

Assistant Deputy Majority Leader, Maryland State Senate, 2016-2018

Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 24, 1990-2010

Deputy Majority Leader, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2001

Member, Audit and Evaluation Committee

Member, Budget and Taxation Committee

Member, Children, Youth, and Families Committee

Member, Ending Homelessness Committee

Member, Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight Committee

Member, Rules Committee

Member, Special Joint Committee on Pensions

Member, Subcommittee on Education, Business, and Administration

Member, Subcommittee on Pensions

Former Vice Chair, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Environmental Matters Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Government Operations Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Health Occupations Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Insurance Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Protocol, Maryland State Senate

Appointed Boards Committee, Former Chair, Law Enforcement and State-Appointed Boards Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Long-Term Care Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Member of Finance Committee, Maryland State Senate

Chair of Rules Committee, Maryland State Senate

Former Member, Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee, Maryland State Senate

Former Member, Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Procurement Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Protocol Committee, Maryland State Senate

Former Member, Public Health Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Standing Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting, Maryland State Senate

Former Chair, State Government and Civil Rights Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Chair, State Government and Procurement Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Maryland State Senate

Former Member, Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act, Maryland State Senate

School Administrator, Prince George's Public School System

Staff Administrator, Prince George's Public School System

Principal/Educator, Prince George's Public School System

Member, Governor's Workforce Development Board, 2020-present

Member, Maryland State council on Cancer Control, 2019-present

Member, Prince George's Country - Affordable housing Commission, 2018-present

Member, Task Force to Study Locating Businesses in Libraries in Prince George's County, 2013-present

Member, Legislative Committee, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2011-present

Member, Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee, 2011-present

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

Member, Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2003-present

Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1991-present

Honorary Life Member, Girl Scouts of America, 1980-present

Member, Black Democratic Council

Member, Coalition of 100 Black Women

Member, Coalition of Economic Development

Member, Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church

Chair, Faculty Advisory Council

Member, First Baptist Church of Glenarden

Member, Maryland State Teachers Association

Member, National Education Association

Member, Negotiations Team, Prince George's County Educators Association

Member, Prince George's Bargaining Council

Former Member, Prince George’s County Delegation, Maryland State House of Delegates

Member, Task Force on the Establishment of a Statewide Spay/Neuter Fund, 2011-2013

Member, Task Force to Study the Establishment of a Deaf Culture Digital Library, 2012-2013

House Chair, Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services, 2005-2011

Member, Maryland Commission on Disabilities, 2004-2011

Member, Maryland Commission on Disabilities, 2004-2011

Member, Maryland School-Based Health Care Policy Advisory Council, 2007-2011

Treasurer, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2004-2010

Member, Task Force to Study Repealing the Disenfranchisement of Convicted Felons in Maryland, 2001

Member, Task Force to Study the History and Legacy of Slavery in Maryland, 1999

Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1996

Awards:

Outstanding Minority Leader Award

Citizen of Year, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Outstanding Educator, Prince George's County Public Schools

Outstanding Minority Educator, MSTA Minority Caucu

Outstanding Minority Leadership Award

Community Service Award, J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, 1989

For Love of Children Award, Kiwanis Club of Capitol Centre, 1985