President Pro Tempore, Oregon State Senate, 2021-present

State Senator, Oregon State Senate, 2016-present

Candidate, Oregon State Senate, District 7, 2022

Candidate, Oregon House of Representatives, District 14, 2016

Member, Joint Committee On Legislative Administration

Member, Senate Committee On Human Services

Member, Senate Committee On Judiciary

Member, Senate Committee On Rules

Chair, Senate Committee On Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs

Member, Health Care Committee, Oregon State Senate, present

Member, Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation Committee, Oregon State Senate, present

Member, Rules Committee, Oregon State Senate, present

Chair, Veterans and Emergency Preparedness Committee, Oregon State Senate, present

Former Member, Conduct Committee, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Conference Committee on HB 3283, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee On Ways and Means, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Emergency Board, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Interim Committee on Conduct, Oregon State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Joint Interim Task Force On Addressing Racial Disparities in Home Ownership, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Public Safety, Oregon State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Joint Subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development, Oregon State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on General Government, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Senate Committee On Health Care, Oregon State Senate

Adjunct Professor, Brandman University, Chapman University System, 2013-present

Co-Owner, CJ Evolutions Foundation, 2012-present

Former Noncommissioned Officer, Garrison Community

Former Corrections Officer, Oregon State Penitentiary System

Former Military Diplomat to the Australian and New Zealand Defense Forces, United States Army

Former Assistant Inspector General, United States Army

Former Chief Administrator Supervisor, United States Army Southern Command

Police Commissioner, City of Eugene, Oregon, 2009-2015

Sergeant Major, United States Army, 1983-2007

Board Member/Past President, Eugene Police Foundation, 2016-present

President/Secretary, Oregon Black Education Foundation, 2011-present

Life Member, United States Army Career and Alumni Program, 2007-present

Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1998-present

Member, Bethel School District Budget Committee, present

Member, Bethel School District Long-Term Facility Planning Committee, present

Member, City of Eugene Police Commission

Co-Chair, Gang Awareness Planning Committee

Chair, Police Commission Outreach Resources Committee

Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) Commissioner, Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB), 2012-2017

Commissioner, Oregon Commission on Black Affairs (OCBA), Oregon Advocacy Commission, 2012-2017

Certified Volunteer Mediator, Lane County Circuit Courts Small Claims Department, 2011-2014

Board Member/President, Royal Creek Homeowner Association, 2008-2014

Board Member, Board of Directors, Pearl Buck Center Incorporated, 2008-2012

Loaned Executive, United Way of Lane County, 2012

Senior Vice President, Australian American Association, 2003-2005