Senator, Arizona State Senate, 1994-2002

Representative, Arizona State House, 1988-1994

Experience, Child and Family Resources

Experience, Childcare Action Alliance

Experience, Healthy Families Arizona

Experience, School Age Child Care Coalition

Teacher, Tucson Unified School District, 1971-1999

Board of Directors, Arizona Education Association

Experience, Arizona Supreme Court’s Juvenile Justice Commission

Experience, Business and Professional Women’s Council

Board of Regents, Commission on Enrollment Growth

Board of Regents, Commission on Higher Education Funding

Experience, Governor’s Task Force on Education Reform

Experience, Governor’s Task Force on Homeless and Runaway Youth

Experience, Interagency Coordinating Council on Developmentally Delayed Infants and Toddlers

Experience, Mayor’s Council on Youth Initiatives

Member, McConnell Clark Foundation, Alternatives to Incarceration

Board of Directors, Pima County Community Action Agency

President, Pioneer Women

President, Tucson Education Association