Former Assistant Minority Whip, Ohio State Senate

Senator, Ohio Senate, District 32, 2007-2017

Former Minority Leader, Ohio State Senate, 2009-2012

Appointed, Ohio Senate, January, 2007

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Ohio, District 13, 2006

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Ohio, District 14, 2004

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, Ohio State Senate

Former Member, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ohio State Senate

Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Ohio State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Ethics Committee, Ohio State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Medicaid Committee, Ohio State Senate

Former Member, Medicaid Oversight Committee, Ohio State Senate

Member, Ohio Rail Development Commission

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Finance - Higher Ed, Ohio State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Transportation, Commerce and Labor Committee, Ohio State Senate

Member, Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council

Former Member, Ways and Means Committee, Ohio State Senate

Staff Member, Alfonse D'Amato, United States Senate

Staff Member, Edward Kennedy, United States Senate

Member, American Public Health Association

Member, Board of Trustees, A. T. Still University of Health Science

Member, Clinton Global Initiative

Member, Global Health Council

Member, International Federation on Aging

Member, Medicare Rights Center

Member, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare