Minority Caucus Chair, Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate, 2021-present

Senator, Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate, District 13, 2013-present

Candidate, Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate, District 13, 2020

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Kentucky, District 6, 2018

Candidate, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, District 88, 2012

Member, Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, Personnel & Public Retirement

Member, Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, and Public Protection

Member, Committee on Committees

Member, Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee

Member, Education Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment

Member, Joint Committee on Education

Member, Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

Member, Joint Committee on Program Review and Investigations

Member, Joint Committee on Tourism, Small Business, and Information Technology

Member, Legislative Research Commission

Member, Licensing and Occupations Committee

Member, Rules Committee

Former Member, Alzheimer's and Dementia Workforce Assessment Task Force, Kentucky State Senate

Former Member, Banking and Insurance Committee, Kentucky State Senate

Former Member, Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee, Kentucky State Senate

Former Member, Health and Welfare Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate

Former Member, Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Tourism, Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance, Kentucky State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Kentucky State Senate

Former Member, Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Committee, Kentucky State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources and Energy Committee, Kentucky State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Small Business, and Information Technology, Kentucky State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate

Former Member, Task Force on Economic Development, Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate

Professor/General Counsel, Kentucky State University, 2014-present

Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1980-1984

Member, Lexington Convention and Tourism Commission, present

Former Member, Board of Directors, Actors Guild of Lexington

Former Member, Board of Directors, Commerce Lexington

Former Member, Board of Directors, Friends of the Lyric Theatre

Member, Board of Directors, The Plantory

Former Member, Board of Trustees, Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Vice Chair, Democratic Party Executive Committee, Fayette County

Volunteer, Fayette County Schools

Member, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

Former Chair, Kentucky Conference for Community and Justice

Board Director, Lexington Rotary Club

Trustee, Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church

Member, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity

Kentucky Delegate, National Democratic Convention, 1984, 2008

Participant, Leadership Kentucky, 1985

Awards:

Bryan Station High School Hall of Fame, Inaugural Class, 1992.