Former Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate

Former Assistant Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate

Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2017-2019

Senator, Connecticut State Senate, District 23, 2005-2012; 2015-2019

Candidate, Connecticut State Senate, District 23, 2012

Member, Bridgeport City Council, 1983-1989, 1999-2005

Won Special Election, Senator, Connecticut State Senate, November 14, 2005

Former Vice Chair, Aging Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Internship Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Labor and Public Employees Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Public Safety and Security Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Regulation Review Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Veterans Affairs Committee, Connecticut State Senate

International Representative, United Steelworkers of America, District 1, 1977-1998

Laborer/Annealer, Carpenter Steel, 1963-1977

United States Army, Korea, 1958-1963

Member, Bridgeport Black Democratic Club

Founding Member, Bridgeport First

Vice President/Board Member, Connecticut American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations

Board Member, Connecticut Citizen Action Group

Member, Connecticut Federation of Black Democratic Clubs

Founding Member, Education First

Chair, School Building Committee

Member, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, 1977-1998

Member, Local 2215, United Steelworkers of America, 1963-1998

Civil Rights Coordinator, United Steel Workers of America, District 1, 1977-1998

Attendee, March for Jobs and Freedom, 1963

Number of Grandchildren:

Eleven Grandchildren; Five Great-Grandchildren.