Director, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Center, United States Department of Education, 2009-present

Former President Pro Tempore, Colorado State Senate

Senator, Colorado State Senate, 2003-2009

Representative, Colorado State House of Representative, 2000-2003

Appointed, Experience, Colorado State Senate, February 2003

Campaign Manager, Denver City Councilwoman Allegia Haynes, 1999

Co-Chair, Denver Public Schools Mill Levy and Bond Campaign, 1998

Deputy Political Director, Roy Romer for Governor of Colorado, 1994

Member, Citizen's Committee on Denver Public School Board Expenditures, 1999

Executive Director/Lecturer, Center for African American Policy, University of Denver, 1997-present

Of Counsel, Vaden and Evans, Limited Liability Company, present

Senior Assistant, Office of the Mayor, City of Denver, 1994-1997

Assistant, Office of City Councilmember, Allegia Haynes, Denver, 1991-1994

Case Worker, Ombudsman's Office, Colorado Governor Roy Romer, 1988-1990

Advisory Board, Latin American Research and Service Agency, 1999

Co-Chair, Colorado Unity, 1997

Executive Board, Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, 1996

Favorite Actor/Actress:

Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.

Favorite Book:

The Man, Irving Wallace.

Favorite Color:

Red

Favorite Food:

Pepperoni Pizza

Favorite Sport:

Golf

Favorite TV Shows:

West Wing, 24, Seinfeld (before the remarks), Pardon the Interruption and Boston Legal.

Favorite Type of Music:

Old School R&B, Gospel and Classical.

Favorite Vacation Spot:

Hawaii

Person Most Want to Meet (Dead or Alive):

Jesus, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Richard Allen.

Priority Issues:

Reformation of Education and Cutting Poverty.

Spouse's Occupation:

Pastor