Mayor, City of Madison, Wisconsin, 1973-1979, 1989-1997, 2011-2019

Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin, 2018

Member, City of Madison Common Council, 1968-1973

Alderperson, Madison, Wisconsin, 1968-1972

No caucus information on file.

Former Administrator, Epic Systems

Former Professor, LaFollete School of Public Affairs

Former Financial Advisor, Lincoln Financial

McBurney, Wyngaard, Wilson, Raymond & Soglin, 1986-1989

President, Great Northwest Land & Title, Incorporated, 1986-1988

Fellow, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 1979-1980

Member, Biotechnology Industry Organization

Member, Government Finance Officers Association

Member, National Conference of Democratic Mayors

Member, United States Conference of Mayors

Public Sector Representative Trustee, Financial Accounting Foundation, 1995-2000

Chair, State and Local Budgeting, National Advisory Council, 1995-1997

Favorite Book:

war and peace, Catch 22, The Count of Monte Christo The Old Man and the Sea, They Marched into Sunlight, The Outfit, Studs Lonigan

Favorite Movie:

Once upon a time in America, It Happened One Night, Citizen Kane, Pulp Fiction, To Kill a Mockingbird, Schindlers List, On the Waterfront, Casablanca, Young Frankenstein, The Graduate

Favorite Musician:

Leo Sidran, Lou and Peter Berryman, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Terry Hanck Band

Favorite Quote:

"The secret to managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the ones who are undecided." Casey Stengel

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." Mark Twain

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." Mark Twain

"I had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it." Groucho Marx

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." Thomas Jefferson