Delegate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 95, 2003-2016

Member, Newport News City Council, 1996-2003

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee #1 (Transportation), Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee #2 (Health, Welfare and Institutions), Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Member, Virginia Commission on Youth, present

Vice Chair, Peninsula Airport Commission, 2002-2003

Adjunct Professor, Political Science, Hampton University, 1992-present

Professor, Political Science, Hampton University, 1994-2007

Teacher, Newport News Public Schools, 1962-1994

Board Member, Peninsula Habitat for Humanity, 2005-present

Board Member, Newport News Public Art Foundation, 2003-present

Life Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, 1957-present

Member, Advisory Board, Wachovia Bank, present

Member, Boys and Girls Club, present

Former Vice Chair, Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority    

Member, Human Development and Education, present

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), present

Member, National Council of Negro Women, present

Member, Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, present

Member, The Links, Incorporated, Newport News Chapter, present

Member, Job Education Training Corps, 2007

Board Member, Project Discovery of Virginia, 2007

Member, Virginia State School/Deaf and Blind Advisory Council, 2005

Vice Chair, Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority, 2002-2003

Member, National League of Cities Constituency Group, 1996-2003

Member, Virginia Municipal League, 1996-2003

President, Women in Municipal Government, 2002-2003