Majority Whip, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2007-2023

Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 44, 1995-2023

Deputy Majority Whip, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2002

Candidate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 44, 1994

Member, Fiscal Subcommittee, Baltimore City Delegation

Member, Labor and Economic Development Committee, National Conference of State Legislators, 2007-present

Former Member, Subcommittee on Business Regulation, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, House Emergency Medical Services Work Group, 2009-2023

Former Member, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2011-2023

Former Member, State Center Executive Committee, 2009-2023

Former Member, Task Force to Study the State’s Retiree Health Insurance Liabilities, 2002-2023

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1995-2010

Former Member, Capital Budget Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1998-2010

Former Member, Infants and Toddlers Program, State Interagency Coordinating Committee, 2000-2010

Former Member, Oversight Committee on Pensions, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2010

Former Member, Oversight Committee on Personnel, 2004-2010

Former Member, Transportation and the Environment Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2004-2010

Former Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003-2007

Former Member, Economic Development, Trade, and Cultural Affairs Committee, National Conference of State Legislators, 2005-2007

Former Member, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2007

Former Member, Joint Audit Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003-2006

Former Member, Joint Commission on the Maryland Port Administration, 2005-2006

Former Member, Task Force on Lending Equity within Financial Institutions Providing State Depository Services, 2005

Former Vice Chair, Health and Human Resources Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003

Member, Health and Human Resources Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1995-2003

Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2003

Vice Chair, Oversight Committee on Pensions, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2003

Chair, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2000-2002

Member, Task Force to Study the State's Retiree Health Insurance Liabilities, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2002

Member, Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Child Care and Education, 2000-2001

Member, Economic Development Committee, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2000

Member, Ethics Committee, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2000

Member, Oversight Committee on Personnel, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1995-1999

Member, Partnership Policy Council on Block Grants, 1996-1998

Member, Special Committee on School Enrollment Management, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1996-1997

Special Assistant, United States Representative Parren J. Mitchell, 1984-1987

Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, Salisbury University, 2002-present

Member, America's Fund

Member, Eastside Democratic Organization

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

Member, Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Educators Service Memorial, 2013-2016

Vice-Chair, Executive Committee, Democratic State Central Committee, 2009-2011

Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000

Baltimore City Mayor’s Representative, Cecil Kirk Community, 1992-1993