Member, Wilton Board of Selectmen

Candidate, Connecticut State Senate, District 26, 2022

Chief Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2017-2019

Senator, Connecticut State Senate, District 26, 2008-2019

Chief Deputy Minority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2015-2016

Deputy Minority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2010-2015

Assistant Minority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2000-2008

Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1996-2008

Member, Connecticut State Board of Education, 1995-1996

Member, Wilton Board of Education, 1986-1994

Chair, Wilton Board of Education, 1991-1993

Member, Technology Task Force, 1993-present

Town Representative, Council on Public Facilities

Former Co-Chair, Education Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Member, Education Committee, National Conference of State Legislators

Former Vice Chair, Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Member, Labor Relations Committee, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities

Former Member, Legislative Management Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Member, Liability and Insurance Committee, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities

Member, Municipal Law Committee, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities

Board Member, Norwalk Human Services Committee

Member, Quality and Integrated Education Local Planning Committee

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation Bonding, Connecticut State Senate

Member, Technology Committee, National Conference of State Legislators

Former Co-Chair, Transportation Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Member, White House Conference on Aging, 2005

Member, Foreign Language Task Force, 1978-1992

Member, Gifted Task Force, 1988-1990

Translator

Director, Commonfund Institute

Marketing Executive, General Electric

Marketing Director, MB Systems

Marketing Director, Mentus

Secondary Education Language Teacher, Secondary Education Language

Executive, UAL/Westin

Member, Advisory Board, Alden Weir Farm Art Center

Member, Advisory Board, New Canaan Cares

Member, Advisory Board, New Canaan Nature Center

Member, Advisory Board, Wilton Education Foundation

Member, Board of Directors, Wilton Chapter of the AFS

Member, Cider Mill Community School Based Planning Team

Member, Connecticut Association of Boards of Education

Board Member, Elder House

Member, Friends of the Wilton Library

Board Member, Greystone Estates Association

Member, Middlebrook Community School Based Planning Team

Member, Miller Community School Based Planning Team

Member, National Association of State Boards of Education

Parliamentarian, National Order of Women Legislators

Member, Norwalk Youth Symphony

Member, Our Lady of Fatima Fundraising Steering Committee

Member, School Based Planning Team, Driscoll Community

Trustee, Weir Farm Heritage Trust

Member, Wilton High School Community School Based Planning Team

Volunteer, Wilton Historical Society

Member, Wilton League of Women Voters

Member, Wilton Parent-Teacher Association

Member, Wilton Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Expansion Fund

Member, Wilton Youth Council's Project, 1994, 1996, 2000

Awards:

Connecticut Arts Advocate Award, Connecticut Arts Educators Association, 2008; Music Education Advocate Award, Connecticut Music Educators Association, 2008; Distinguished Legislator Award, Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association, 2006; Outstanding Contributions in Arts Advocacy Award, Connecticut Association of Arts Administrators, 2006; Outstanding Legal Immigrant Award, Connecticut Legal Immigrant and Refuge Coalition, 1998; Legislator of the Year, Drug Free America/Drug Free Schools Coalition/Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association; Southwest Area Commerce and Industry Association's Community Leader Award; .