Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1986-present

Deputy Speaker Pro Tem, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2003

Democratic State Central Committee, Baltimore City, 1982-1986

Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1987-present

International Trade Committee, National Conference of State Legislators

Member, Governor's Task Force on Medical Malpractice and Health Care Access, 2004

Co-Chair, Unemployment Insurance Funding Task Force, 2003-2004

Anti-Terrorism Work Group, 2001-2002

Attorney General's Advisory Board on Ways that the Legal System Affects Care at the End of Life, 1997-1999

Governor's Task Force on Childproof Guns, 1999

Task Force on Sentencing and Intermediate Sanctions of Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995-1996

Mayor's Drug Abuse Advisory Council, 1983-1986

Experience, Attorney

Counsel to Majority Leader, Maryland State Senate, 1981

House of Ruth, 1999-present

Maryland Tourism Development Board, 1993-present

University of Baltimore School of Law, Advisory Committee, 1990-present

Board Member, Homeland Association Citizens on Patrol, 1990-present

Former Member, Baltimore Regional Council of Governments

Board Member, Central Maryland Council Of Girl Scouts

Experience, Maryland State Bar Association

Experience, Women's Bar Association