Former Member, Concord City Council

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 14, 2010-2016

Member, Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa County, 2006-2010

Mayor, City of Concord, 2006

Former Vice Chair, Airport Committee

Former Member, Assembly Appropriations Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Banking and Finance Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Budget Committee

Former Chair, Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance

Former Member, Assembly Foster Care Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Health Committee

Former Chair, Assembly Human Services Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Improving Bay Area Transportation Systems Committee

Former Member, Assembly Local Government Committee, California

Former Chair, California Science, Engineering, Technology, Math (STEM) Task Force

Former Member, City-County Relations Committee

Former Member, Elections and Redistricting Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, First 5 Children and Families Commission

Former Vice Chair, Medical Services Joint Conference Committee

Former Early Learning Fellow, National Conference of State Legislators

Former Chair, Open Space, Parks and East Bay Regional Parks District Liaison

Member, Regional Planning Committee, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)

Former Chair, Select Committee on High Quality Early Childhood Education

Former Member, Transportation Committee, California State Assembly

Former Administrator, Contra Costa Future Fund, present

Former High School English Teacher, Mount Diablo Unified School District

Former Fellow, National Conference of State Legislators Early Learning

Former Member, California State Association of Counties (CSAC), Human Services Funding Deficit Work Group

Former Member, Contra Costa Transportation Authority

Number of Grandchildren:

3