Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, 2003-2012

Candidate, Wisconsin State Lieutenant Governor, 2010

Won Special Election, Experience, Wisconsin State Senate, 2003

Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, 1982-2002

Former Member/Advisory Board, ACT Against Violence – Fighting Back Initiative

Member/Executive Board, African American Male National Council

Chair, African American Male Task Force

Co-Chair, African-American HIV/AIDS Task Force

Former member, Assembly Council for Civility in Government

Member, City of Milwaukee Lead Task Force

Co-Chair, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Advisory Committee to the Marquette Interchange Project

Member, Educational Communications Board

Former Regional Vice-Chair, Former Regional Vice-Chair,/Executive Committee Member, National Black Caucus of State Legislators

Board Member, Forum on Democracy and Trade

Former Member, Governor's Business Opportunity Advisory Commission

Former Member, Governor's Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in Wisconsin's

Co-Chair, Governor’s Business Opportunity Advisory Council

Co-Chair, Governor’s Commission on Reducing Racial Disparity in Wisconsin’s Criminal Justice System

Former Member, Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Special Committee

Former Member, Legislative Action Committee

Member, Legislative Council

Member, Migrant Labor Council

Former Board Member, Milwaukee Access Telecommunications Authority

Former Board Member, Milwaukee Access Telecommunications Authority

Member, Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council

Former Member, Milwaukee Forum

Member/Executive Committee, National Black Caucus of State Legislatures

Member/Executive Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures

Former Chair, National Conference of State Legislatures Standing Committees

Former President, National Labor Caucus of State Legislators

President, National Labor Caucus of State Legislators

Former Member/Chair, People of Color, & Women AODA Study Group

Former member, President’s National Education Goals Panel

Former Board Member, Progressive Milwaukee Steering Committee

Former member, Southern Africa Task Force

Former Member, Special Committee on Children at Risk Program – Legislative Council

Former Member, State Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Council

Member, State Childhood Lead Elimination Task Force

Member, State Educational Communications Board

Member, Truancy Abatement and Burglary Suppression Steering Committee

Former Member/Chair, Wisconsin Speaker’s Task Force on African American Males

Member, Wisconsin State Legislative Black & Hispanic Caucus

Sergeant at Arms, Majority Caucus, 2007

Sergeant at Arms, Minority Caucus, 1995

Vice Chair, Majority Caucus, 1985, 1987, 1989

Former Health Officer, City of Milwaukee

Experience, Former Industrial Printer

Experience, Former Postal Worker

Former Member/Board Chair, Advisory Board, Isaac Coggs Community Health Center

Member, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Member, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Milwaukee District 48

Member/Board of Trustees, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee

Member, Calvary Baptist Church

Former Board Member, Center for Policy Alternatives

Advisor, Child Abuse Prevention Network

Former Member/President, Federation of Black City Employees

Member, Leader’s Forum

Former Chief Steward, Local 1091, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees

Former Member/Board Chair, Martin Luther King Community Health Center

Member, Milwaukee Urban League

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Member, Sherman Park Community Association

Board Member, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Emeritus Alumni Association

Board Member, Urban Underground Youth Group

Board of Directors, Wisconsin Community Service Network