Former City Councilmember, Union City

State Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of California, 1995-2003

Assembly Member, State of California Assembly, 1986-1994

Former Chair, Education Committee, State of California Assembly

Former Chair, Governmental Efficiency and Consumer Protection Committee, State of California Assembly

Corporate Planner and Accounting Manager, Pacific Bell, 1979-1986

Corporate Planner, Pacific Telesis Group

Mentor for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, University of California-Davis, 2014-2016

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Educational Leadership and Senior Advisor to President of Mills College, Mills College, 2004-2008

Executive Director, National Institute for School Leadership, 2003-2005

Fellow and Advisory Board Member, University of California-Center Sacramento, 2014-present

Former Commissioner, California Department of Education LGBT Task Force

Former Trustee, California State University

Former Regent, University of California

Former Chair, WestEd

Consultant and Speaker, Delaine Eastin Consulting, 2008-2017

Chair, Educate Our State, 2015-2017

Board Member, National Center for Learning and Civic Engagement, 1997-2017

Governing Board Member, School for Integrated Academics and Technologies (SIATech), 2017

Chair, Close the Gap California, 2014-2016

Board Member, Saving California Communities, 2009-2012

Board Member, WestEd, 1995-2003

Awards:

Legislator of the Year Award by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission