Senator, Illinois State Senate, District 6, 2020-present

Representative, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 12, 1995-2020

Candidate, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 12, 2018

Assistant Majority Leader, Illinois State House of Representatives, 2012-2018

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 5, 2009

Vice Chair, Appropriations

Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services

Member, Behavioral and Mental Health Committee

Chair, Financial Institutions Committee

Member, Licensed Activities Committee

Member, Revenue Committee

Chair, Tourism and Hospitality Committee

Former Chair, Adoption Reform Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Adoption and Child Welfare Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Appropriations I, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Business Regulations and Labor, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations for Human Services Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Committee of the Whole, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Energy Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Energy Subcommittee on Resources and Management, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Environment and Conservation Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Environment and Energy Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Health and Life Insurance Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Human Services Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Insurance Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Mass Transit Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Mental Health Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Utilities Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Childhood and Young Adult Onset Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Special Issues in Adoption and Child Welfare, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Tourism and Conventions Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Tourism, Hospitality and Craft Industries Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Principal, SKF Consulting, Incorporated, 1989-present

Former Executive Director, Central Lakeview Merchants Association

Chief of Staff, Illinois State Senator John Culverton, 1982-1993

Executive Assistant, Consulate General of Israel, 1980-1981

Member, Board, Lincoln Park Conservancy, 2005-present

Member, Illinois Masonic Charitable Foundation, 2005-present

State Director, Women in Government, 2000-present

Member, Advisory Board, Theatre Building, 1998-present

Member, Central Lakeview Merchants Association, 1998-present

Member, Lakeview Citizens' Council, 1998-present

Member, Conference of Women Legislators, 1995-present

Member, Advisory Board, Ed Feldman Developmental Center Advocate Illinois, present

Member, Advisory Board, Northeastern Illinois University, present

Member, Board of Directors, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Living Remembrance Project, present

Member, Board of Directors, Uptown Learning Center, present

Member, Board, Learning Corporation, Incorporated, present

Member, Director's Council, Teen Living Programs, present

Vice President, Executive Board of the Women’s Legislative Network, National Conference of State Legislatures, present

Member, Executive Board, Kennedy Forum of Illinois, present

Member, Governing Council, American Jewish Congress, present

Member, Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, Masonic Hospital Autism Program, present

Member, National Council of Jewish Women, present

Member, National Organization of Women, present

Fellow, University of Illinois School of Public Health, 1997

Mother's Name:

Florence Buky