Former Chair, Nursing Home Reform Committee, Florida House of Representatives

Candidate, Florida State Attorney General, 2014

Deputy Attorney General, Central Florida, 1999-2002

Candidate, Commissioner of Education, 2000

Representative, Florida House of Representatives, 1974-1982

Former Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, Federal Victim Services

Former Co-Chair, Task Force on Human Trafficking, Florida's Department of Children and Families

Former Co-Chair, Florida's Department of Law Enforcement

Acting Assistant Secretary, Operations, Administration for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2011-2013

Secretary, Florida's Department of Children and Families, 2008-2011

Associate Dean, Student and Alumni Services, Saint Thomas University School of Law, 2003-2009

Assistant Secretary, Operations, Florida Department of Children and Families, 2007-2008

Counsel, Stiles, Taylor & Grace, 2002-2003

Attorney, Private Law Practice, 1979-1999

Former Employee, Sheldon, Cusick and Associates, 1987-1999

Employee, Levine, Freedman, Hirsch and Levinson, 1982-1987

Executive Director, Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens, 1973-1975

Assistant to the Deputy Secretary, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 1971-1972

Legislative Aide, Florida State Senator Reubin Askew, 1969-1970

No organizational membership information on file.

Awards:

Most Valuable Legislator (1980)