Former Member, Fresno City Council

Commissioner, US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

Fulbright Scholar, United States Fulbright Program

Senator, California State Senate, District 8, 2018-2022

Candidate, California State Senate, District 8, 2018

Board of Supervisors, Fresno County, 2013-2018

Vice Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee, present

Former Member, Select Committee on California-Mexico Cooperation, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Preparing California's Future Workforce, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on the Governor's 2019 Report: Wildfires and Climate Change - California's Energy Future, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on the Growing Impact of Artificial Intelligence in California, California State Senate

Former Judicial Clerk, Federal Judge Oliver Wanger

Former Professor, International Security law at the San Joaquin College of Law

Lawyer, Luce Forward

Former Adjunct Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Policy Specialist Fellow, United States Embassy in Kazakhstan

Contributing Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center

Member, California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, present

Member, California State Association of Counties, present

Member, Economic Development Corporation, present

Member, Foreign Trade Zone Advisory Board, present

Member, Fresno County Tobacco Funding Corporation, present

Member, Fresno County Transportation Authority, present

Member, Fresno Madera Area Agency on Aging Board, present

Member, Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board, present

Member, Indian Gaming Commission, present

Member, Law Library Board of Trustees, present

Member, SKF County Sanitation District, present

Member, San Joaquin River Conservancy, present

Member, San Joaquin Valley Insurance Authority, present

Member, San Joaquin Valley Solid Waste Commission, present

Supervisor, San Joaquin Valley Supervisors, present