Senator, Oregon State Senate, District 3, 2019-present

Candidate, Oregon State Senate, District 3, 2022

Commissioner, Jackson County, 1987-1991

Member, Joint Committee On Conduct

Member, Joint Committee On Tax Expenditures

Member, Senate Committee On Conduct

Member, Senate Committee On Energy and Environment

Member, Senate Committee On Finance and Revenue

Chair, Senate Committee On Natural Resources

Chair, Natural Resources and Wildlife Recovery Committee, Oregon State Senate, present

Former Chair, Campaign Finance Committee, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee On Carbon Reduction, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee On Ways and Means Subcommittee On General Government, Oregon State Senate

Former Chair, Joint Committee On Ways and Means Subcommittee On General Government, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee On Ways and Means, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Senate Committee On Housing and Development, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Workforce Committee, Oregon State Senate

Producer and Host, Immense Possibilities Television, 2010-present

Former Environmental Policy Aide, City of Portland

Correspondent and Columnist, Mail Tribune, Daily Tidings

Public Affairs Producer, Southern Oregon Public Television

President, Immense Possibilities Media, 2006-2011

Consultant, Real Life Training and Consulting Group, Incorporated, 2009

Host, Jefferson Exchange, Jefferson Public Radio, 1998-2007

Founder/Lead Consultant, Golden Communications, 1991-2003

Chief of Staff, Oregon's Senate President, 1993

Co-Founder, Joe Hill Construction Company, 1974-1975

Senior Fellow and Consultant, American Leadership Forum Oregon, 1989-present

Board Member, Board of Directors, Ashland Food Co-op

Board Member, Board of Directors, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Jackson County

Board Member, Board of Directors, Mediation Works

Board Member, Board of Directors, Oregon Council for the Humanities

Board Member, Board of Directors, Oregon League of Conservation Voters

Board Member, Board of Directors, Rogue Valley Family Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)

Board Member, Board of Directors, The Pacific Non-Profit Network

Founding President, Oregon Guides Association

Board Member, Oregon Special Olympics

Member, Oregon State Corrections Council

Board Member, Oregon State Film & Video Board

Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon, 2007-2011

Chair, Jackson-Josephine Job Council, 1990

Director, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, 1988-1990

Publications:

Watermelon Summer
Forest Blood
As If We Were Grownups
UNAFRAID: A Novel of the Possible and Everything We Know About Leadership