• Nevada Assembly, 2004-2014 (first elected November 2004)—six special and five regular sessions

• 2011 SESSION COMMITTEES: Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining (Vice Chair), Transportation, Ways and Means

• 2009 SESSION COMMITTEES: Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining (Vice Chair), Transportation, Ways and Means

• United States Naval Officer, 1959-1962

• Advisory Committee, Nevada's Department of Transportation

• County Chair, Democratic Party of Contra Costa County, California, 1990s

• Board Member, Las Vegas-Clark County Urban League

• Member, U.C. Berkley Extension Curriculum Advisory Committee, 1990s

• President, Common Cause, Maryland, 1963-1964

• National Urban League

• Common Cause

• Nature Conservancy

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• World Wildlife Fund

• Volunteer Senior Advocate, AARP

• League of Women Voters

• Various Democratic Party clubs

• Fort Dodge, Iowa, public school system

• University of Notre Dame, B.S., Business Administration

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.