Former Field Representative, California State Assembly Member Wilmer Amina Carter

Former Vice District Representative, State Senator Gloria Negrete McLeo

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2012-2016

Former Chair, Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Banking and Finance Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Homelessness Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Regional Transportation and Interconnectivity Solutions Committee, California

Former Chair, Assembly Small Business in the Inland Empire Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Status of Boys and Men of Color Committee, California

Former Chair, Assembly Status of GIrls and Women of Color Committee, California

Former Member, Assembly Transportation Committee, California

Former President, California County Commissioners’ Association

Former Board Member, California Newspaper Publishers’ Association

Former Member, National Newspaper Publishers’ Association

Former Representative, San Bernardino County Public Employees’ Association

Former Vice-Chair, San Bernardino First 5 Commission

Former Member, Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment, California State Assembly

Former Chair, Select Committee on Small Business Financing and Development Opportunities, California State Assembly

Co-Founder, California Black Media (CBM), 2001-present

Co-Founder, Brown Publishing Company, 1980-present

President/Chief Executive Officer, Brown Publishing Company, Black Voice News, present

Co-Owner, Brown Publishing Company, present

Former Host, KCSB-TV Channel 3

Former Employee, San Bernardino City Planning Commission

Former Substitute Teacher, San Bernardino City Unified School District

Former Employee, San Bernardino County Planning Commission

Former Professional Planner, San Bernardino County Planning Department

Former Teacher, School of Hope, San Bernardino

Member, American Planning Association, present

Organizer, Bill Pickett Rodeo, present

Director, Friday Night Youth Activities, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), San Bernardino, present

Member, Inland Empire Urban League, present

Member, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), present

Trustee, Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church of San Bernardino, present

Member, San Bernadino Kiwanis, present

Volunteer, San Bernardino City Historical Commission, present

Former President, San Bernardino County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, present

Founder, Take-a-Cop-to-Lunch Program, present

Founder, Underground Railroad Field Study Program, present

Member, West Coast Black Publishers Association, present

Former Board Member, Arrowhead United Way

Former President, California County Commissioners’ Association

Former Unit Leader, San Gorgonio Girl Scout Council

Father's Occupation:

World War II Veteran, tax preparer

Number of Grandchildren:

9