Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, 2009-present

Former Minority Whip, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Wake County Democratic Party

Appointed by Governor Perdue, Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, June 18, 2009

Member/Former Chair, Wake County Board of Education, 1999-2009

Candidate, Wake County Board of Commissioners, 1988

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Committee on Education, K-12

Member, Insurance Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on The North Carolina State Lottery

Member, Judiciary 2 Committee

Vice Chair, Pensions and Retirement Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Education

Member, 2nd Congressional District Executive Committee

Member, African American Caucus

Former Member, Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Children, Youth, and Families Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Committee on Education-Community Colleges, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Homelessness, Foster Care, and Dependency Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Insurance Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Matters, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Local Government Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Member, North Carolina Black Legislative Caucus

Member, North Carolina House Democratic Women Caucus

Former Member, Redistricting Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on School Safety, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Member, State Executive Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Mathematics Teacher, Enloe Magnet High School

Former Mathematics Teacher, Garner High School

Director of Traffic Records, North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles-Department of Transportation, 1993-2005

High School Mathematics Teacher, Wake County Public School System, 1975-1993

Honorary Chair, Bright Point Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation

Board Member, Child Care Service Association

Board Member, JBLC Alliance

Former Member, Leadership Roundtable, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

Member, Lillian's List of North Carolina

Member, Macedonia New Life Church

Member, North Carolina Retired Governmental Employees Association

Member, North Carolina Retired School Personnel

Former Board Member, North Carolina School Boards Association

Board Member, Raleigh Wake National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, Raleigh-Wake Citizen Association

Board Member, Southlight, Incorporated

Member, The National Congress of Black Women

Board Member, W.E.B. Dubois Community Development Corporation

Former Chair, Wake County Board of Elections

Member, Wake County Democratic Women

Member, Wake County Voters Coalition

Former Member, Board of Trustees, Wake Education Partnership

North Carolina State Director, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated

Names of Grandchildren:

Alexis, Darrien

Number of Grandchildren:

2