Agenda Chair, Kansas State Senate, 2017-present

Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 2, 2005-present

Former Caucus Chair, Kansas State Senate

Former Assistant Minority Leader, Kansas State Senate

Member, Precinct Committee, Democratic Party

Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 2, 2020

Candidate, Kansas State Treasurer, 2018

Commissioner, City of Lawrence, 1979-1983

Mayor, City of Lawrence, 1981-1983

Member, 2020 Special Committee on Kansas Emergency Management Act

Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations

Ranking Minority Member, Joint Committee on State Building Construction

Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Member, Transparency and Ethics Committee

Ranking Minority Member, Utilities Committee

Chair, Minority Caucus, Kansas State Senate, 2010-present

Member, Canvas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group, 2008-present

Former Ranking Minority Member, Agriculture Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Assessment and Taxation Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Federal and State Affairs Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Information Technology, Kansas State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Joint Committee on State -Tribal Relations, Kansas State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Regulatory Boards and Commissions Subcommittee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Statewide Broadband Expansion Planning Task Force, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Telecommunications Study Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Ways and Means Committee, Kansas State Senate

Co-Chair, Bioscience Caucus, 2008

Member, Higher Education Caucus, 2006-2008

Member, Board of Zoning Appeals, 1994-2000

Member, Recycling and Resource Conservation Board, 1987-1990

Member, Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board, 1977-1979

Analyst, Center for Sustainability, University of Kansas, 2009-present

Senior Analyst, Office of Space Management, University of Kansas, 2004-present

Architect, University Landscape Architect

Space Analyst, University of Kansas, 1993-2008

Analyst, Office of Institutional Research and Planning, University of Kansas, 1993-2004

Assistant Director, Office of Facilities Planning, University of Kansas, 1984-1993

Drafter, Architectural Services, University of Kansas, 1976-1983

Drafter, London Transport, 1974-1976

Instructor, School of Architecture, University of Kansas, 1973-1974

Member, Community Mercantile

Board Member, Credit Counseling, Incorporated

Member, Depot Redux

Member, East Lawrence Neighborhood Association

Member, Kansas Grassroots Arts Association

Member, Lawrence Advisory Board for Housing

Member, University of Kansas Student Housing Association

Board Member, Housing and Credit Counseling, Incorporated, 2001-2008

Emeritus Board Member, Lawrence Preservation Alliance, 2006-2008

Member, League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County, 1979-2008

Member, Oread Neighborhood Association, 1977-2008

Awards:

Helen Fluker Open and Accessible Government Award - 2008

Current Car:

2005 Ford Focus

Favorite Sport:

Current Bicycle - 1973 Motobecane

First Car:

1947 Ford Pickup