Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 20, 2021-present

Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 52, 2017-2021

Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 20, 2020

Candidate, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 52, 2018

Vice Chair, Commerce Committee

Member, Education Committee

Member, Financial Institutions Committee

Member, Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee

Member, Insurance Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State

Member, Transportation Committee

Former Member, Children and Seniors Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Education Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Federal and State Affairs Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Financial Institutions and Pensions Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, General Government Budget Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, K-12 Education Budget Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Legislative Task Force on Dyslexia, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Veterans and Military Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Superintendent of Schools, Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437, 2001-2015

Superintendent, Hampden-Wilbraham School District, 1996-2001

Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum/ Instruction, Fort Leavenworth Public School District, 1991-1996

Junior High School Administrator and District Curriculum Coordinator, Fort Leavenworth Public School District, 1984-1991

Teacher, 1975-1984

Member, Family Service and Guidance Center, present

Member, Heartland Visioning Steering Committee, present

Member, Jayhawk Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, present

Member, Kansas Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice, present

Member, Kansas Starbase, present

President, Kansas Superintendent of the Year, present

Board Member, Shawnee County Library Foundation, present

Board Member, Shawnee County Library board, present

Board Member, Topeka County Library Foundation, present

Board Member, Topeka County Library board, present

Member/ Rotary Paul Harris Fellow, Topeka South Rotary member, present

Member, United Way of Greater Topeka, present

Member, Visit Topeka, present

Former Chair, Advisory Board, Washburn Technical School

Former Member, Kansas Association of School Administrators