Representative, Ohio State House of Representatives, 2006-2014

Former Member, Financial Institutions, Housing and Urban Development Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Insurance Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Utilities Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Workers' Compensation, Ohio State House of Representatives

Executive Director, Cleveland Tenants Organization, 1999-2006

Instructor, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Housing Law Clinic, 1996-1997

Court Administrator/Personal Baliff for Judge William H. Corrigan, Cleveland Municipal Housing Court, 1990-1996

Field Representative, City of Cleveland Community Relations Board

Community Organizer, Saint Clair-Superior Coalition

Member, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, 1988-1996