Majority Caucus Whip, Illinois State Senate, 2021-present

Senator, Illinois State Senate, District 29, 2012-present

Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on State Law Enforcement

Candidate, Illinois State Senate, District 29, 2018

Supervisor, West Deerfield Township, 1997-2013

Vice Chair, Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services

Member, Environment and Conservation Committee

Chair, Health and Human Services Committee

Chair, Veteran Affairs

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Commerce and Economic Development Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Committee of the Whole, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Education Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Executive Subcommittee on Gaming, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Government Reform Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Human Services Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Public Health Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Second Appropriations Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Special Committee on Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Issues Relating to DCFS (Department of Children and Family Services), Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Special Issues (Education), Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Intern, Illinois Energy Resources Commission

Former Employee, Illinois Governor's Office of Manpower and Human Development

Former Intern, Office of Senator John Knuppel

Federal Energy Regulation Analyst, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, 1979

Member, Advisory Council, Highland Park Hospital Community, 2006-present

Board Member, Southeast Lake County Faith-in-Action, 2005-present

Member, Rotary Club of Deerfield, 2001-present

Member, Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, present

Member, Northern Illinois Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse (NICASA), present

Former Member, Phi Alpha Delta

Chair, Deerfield Manpower Commission, 1986-2010

Chair, Advisory Council, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, 1994-1996

Member, Advisory Council, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, 1986-1996