Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2010-2014

Candidate, California State Senate, District 6, 2014

Chair, Board of Supervisors, Sacramento County Board, District 1, 1994-2010

Candidate, California State Assembly, District 9, 2004

Former Member, Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, California State Assembly

Member, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission

Attorney, Kemnitzer, Dickinson, Anderson & Barron, 1984-2002

Attorney, California Department of Consumer Affairs, 1977-1984

Member, Advisory Board, Sacramento County Air Pollution Control

Former Chair, Board of Directors, Regional Transit

Former Member, Board of Directors, Regional Transit

Former President, Friends of Light Rail

Chair, Sacramento Transportation Coalition

Former Board Member, Sacramento Tree Foundation

Former President, Sacramento's American Lung Association