Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, 1998-2010

Majority Leader, Wisconsin State Senate, 2007

Minority Leader, Wisconsin State Senate, 2005

Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, 1987-1996

Won Special Election, Experience, Wisconsin Assembly, 1987

Chair, Special Committee on Regional Transportation Authority, Wisconsin State Senate

Member, State Capitol and Executive Residence Board

Member, Task Force to Combat Controlled Substance Use by Pregnant Women and Women with Young Children

Member, Women's Council

Midwest Council on State Government’s Health Capacity Task Force, 1999, 2009

Majority Caucus Chairperson, Wisconsin State Senate, 1999, 2001

Minority Caucus Vice Chair, Wisconsin State Assembly, 1995

Majority Caucus Vice Chairperson, Wisconsin State Assembly, 1993

Majority Caucus Secretary, Wisconsin State Assembly, 1991

Experience, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner

Professor, Nursing, Blackhawk Technical College

Experience, Registered Nurse

Experience, Teacher

Member, Advisory Board, Wisconsin Network for Health Policy Research

Member, Advisory Board, Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute

Member, Advisory Board, Wisconsin Women's Health Initiative

Member, American Association of University Women

Member, Beloit Art League

Member, Beloit Bike/Ski Club

Board Member, Beloit Economic Development Corporation

Member, Beloit Historical Society

Member, Beloit-Janesville Symphony Guild

Member, Environmental Decade

Member, Friends of Beloit Library

Former Vice President, League of Women Voters

Member, Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society

Member, Who's Who in American Nursing

Member, Wisconsin Federation of Teachers

Member, Wisconsin Nurses Association

Member, Zonta International