Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2005-2010

Candidate, California State Attorney General, 2010

Member, California Coastal Conservancy

Member, California Emergency Council

Member, California Ocean Protection Council

Chair, Fresno County Drug Crime Task Force

Member, Little Hoover Commission

Member, California Coastal Commission, 1997-2004

Civil Litigator, 1987-present

Deputy District Attorney, Fresno County District Attorney's Office

Attorney, Santa Barbara District Attorney's Office, 1985

Chair, Advisory Committee, President's Extended Opportunity Programs & Services, Fresno City College

President, Board of Trustees, Santa Barbara College of Law

Member, Board of Trustees, Santa Barbara Museum of Art

President, Board of Trustees, Ventura College of Law

Co-Founder, California Coastal Protection Network

Board Member, Fresno Rape Crisis Center

Co-Chair, National Association of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Administrators

President, Santa Barbara County Action Network

President, Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Member, Santa Barbara Jewish-Latino Roundtable

Board Member, Santa Barbara Women Lawyers

Co-Founder, Vote the Coast