Minority Caucus Secretary, Georgia State Senate, 2023-present

Former Majority Whip, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Minority Caucus, Georgia State House of Representatives

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 36, 2022

Member, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2021-2022

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 58, 1986-2006

Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 36, 2006-Present

Governor's Floor Leader, Georgia State House of Representative, 1992-1996

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Finance Committee

Member, Health and Human Services Committee

Member, Higher Education Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Ad Valorem Tax

Member, Subcommittee on Community Health

Member, Subcommittee on Healthcare Delivery and Access

Member, Subcommittee on Human Development and Public Health

Member, Subcommittee on Sales Tax

Member, Subcommittee on Scope of Practice

Ex-Officio Member, Georgia Commission on Women, present

Former Member, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Member, Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Present

Former Member, Governor's Action Group on the Accessibility and Affordability of Health Insurance

Former Chair, Labor Workforce Standing Committee, National Caucus of State Legislatures

Member, National Women's Political Caucus, Present

Former Member, Science & Technology Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Speaker's Policy Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Community Health, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Management and General Government, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health Care Delivery, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Insurance, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Task Force on Uninsured Access to Quality Care

Founder, Working Families Legislative Caucus, Present

Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2021-2022

Member, Finance Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2021-2022

Member, Health & Human Services Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2021-2022

Member, Higher Education Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2021-2022

Member, Urban Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2021-2022

Secretary, Democratic Caucus, Georgia State Senate, 2017-Present

Founder, Georgia Legislative Women's Caucus, 1990-Present

Program Director, Women's Action for New Directions, 1997-present

Member, National Advisory Committee, International Women's Policy Research

Executive Director, Fund for Southern Communities Foundation, 1987-1993

Employee, Quality Control, Nabisco Incorporated, 1971-1987

Legal Secretary, Emory Legal Aid, 1969-1971

Staff Member, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, 1964

Member, Board of Trustees, Sapelo Foundation, 2000-present

Member, Georgia Women's Forum, 1999-present

Member, Board of Directors, Center for Policy Alternatives, 1998-present

Member/Executive Committee Member, Democratic Party of Georgia, 1986-present

Member, Bakery, Confectionery Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union, present

Member, Board of Directors, Women's Action for New Directions, present

Member, Campaign for America's Future, present

Member, Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, present

President, Women Legislators' Lobby, present

Member, Women in Government, present

Member, Young Women's Christian Association, Incorporated (YWCA), present

Former Member, Advisory Council, Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now (WOMEN), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Incorporated

Former Member, Board of Directors, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Former Member, Board of Directors, Golden Age Center

Former Member, Board of Directors, Institute of Energy and Environmental Research

Member, Board of Directors, Tobacco Workers International Union

Former Member, Democratic Women’s Leadership Forum

Former Member, Georgia Federation of Democratic Women

Former Member, Georgia Rural Urban Summit

Former Member, National Conference of State Legislatures Women's Network

Member, Progressive States Network Board

Board Member, Sapelo Foundation

Former Member, Women's Network, National Conference of State Legislatures

Participant, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963

Awards:

State Leader Award, Progressive States Network, 2010;
Arnie Loyal Opposition Award, Creative Loafing, 2010;
Legislative Leadership Award, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, 2008;
Most Effective Local Elected Official, Creative Loafing
Unsung Hero Award
Eye on the Prize Award, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Favorite Book:

The Well-Spoken Woman

Favorite Movie:

Underwater Dreams

Favorite Musician:

George Jones

Favorite TV Shows:

The Rachel Maddow Show