Assistant Minority Leader, Arizona State Senate, 2015-2019

Senator, Arizona State Senate, District 9, 2013-2019

Candidate, Governor of Arizona, 2018

Representative, Arizona State House of Representatives, District 28, 2007-2013

Assistant Minority Leader, Arizona State House of Representatives, 2010-2012

Candidate, Tucson City Council, 2005

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Arizona State Senate

Former Member, Capital Review [JCCR] Committee, Arizona State Senate

Former Member, Ethics Committee, Arizona State Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, Arizona State Senate

Former Member, Financial Institutions Committee, Arizona State Senate

Policy Leader, House Democratic Caucus

Former Member, Joint Legislative Budget Committee [JLBC], Arizona State Senate

Roster Artist, Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2002-present

Owner, Stephen Farley Design, 1991-present

Employee, Information Technology, Tuscon Medical Center, present

Vice Chair, Transportation Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures

Resident Artist, Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, 2001

Graphics Teacher, Tucson-Pima Arts Council Multimedia Program, 1997-1999

Editorial Production Manager, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 1987-1991

Video Studio Instructor, Williams College Department of Art, 1985-1987

Member, Democratic Nucleus Club, 2005-present

Member, Democrats of Greater of Tucson, 2005-present

Member, Social Activism Committee, Grace Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, 2005-present

Member, Stonewall Democrats, 2005-present

Member, Transit on the Move Community Liaison Group, 2004-present

Member, Major Transit Investment Study Citizen Advisory Group, City of Tucson, 2003-present

Board Member, Blenman-Elm Neighborhood Association, 2001-present

Co-Founder, Tucsonans for Sensible Transportation, 2001-present

Member, Central-City Blenman Elm Neighborhood Association, 1999-present

Board Member, Tucson Downtown Alliance, 1999-present

Union Member, Graphic Artists Guild, 1991-present

Member, High Speed Rail Working Group, present

Board Member, Arizona Citizen Action for the Arts

Toll Fellow, National Leadership Institute

Member, Phi Beta Kappa

Founder, Southern Arizona Transit Advocates

Vice Chair, Transportation Committee, Council of State Governments – West

Class President, Western Legislative Academy

Member, Citizen Advisory Committee, Regional Transportation Authority, 2005-2006

Vice-Chair, Pima Association of Governments Regional Transportation Plan Task Force, 2003-2006

Member, Regional Transportation Authority Citizens Advisory Committee, 2005-2006

Vice Chair, Regional Transportation Plan Task Force, Pima Association of Governments, 2003-2006

Founder, Voices: Community Stories Past and Present, 1998-2002

Awards:

Conservation Hero, Arizona League of Conservation Voters
Legislative Champion, Arizona League of Towns and Cities
Friend of Transit Award, Arizona Transit Association
Distinguished Elected Official, 2011, Arizona Chapter of the American Planning Association\
Arts Hero Award, 2013, Arizona Citizens for the Arts
Tech Ten Legislator of the Year, 2013, Arizona Technology Council
Leader of the Year in Public Policy Arts and Humanities, 2013, AZ Captiol Times
University of Arizona College of Education Public Service Award

Tucson Arts and Culture Leader Tucson Pima Arts Council, 2010. Honored by the as one of 25 individuals considered the most influential in the previous 25 years in Greater Tucson.

Arts Hero Arizona Citizen Action for the Arts, 2008-2010. Honored as a leading arts advocate during legislative session.

Legislative Champion AZ League of Cities & Towns, 2007-2010. Honored as a top municipal advocate during legislative session.

Conservation Hero Arizona League of Conservation Voters, 2007. Honored as one of three legislators who did the most to save the environment during the 2007 legislative session.

Friend of Transit AZ Transit Association, 2006. Honored as the top advocate for public transit in the state of AZ.

Williams College Bicentennial Medal Williamstown, MA, 2003. Honored for distinguished achievement in any field of endeavor. Past honorees include historian Michael Beschloss, filmmaker John Frankenheimer, SEC Chair Arthur Leavitt, and art administrator Kirk Varnedoe.

2002 National McKnight Fellow Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2001-02 (biennial award). Selected from artists nationwide to conduct a long-term residency in interdisciplinary arts in 2001-2002.

Best Mural Tucson Weekly, Tucson, AZ, 1999-2009 "Windows to the Past" is perennial winner of the Tucson Weekly's "Best of Tucson" annual readers' poll.

Favorite Piece of Public Sculpture or Artwork Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ, 2000.

Artists & Communities: America Creates for the Millennium Baltimore, MD, 1999. Named one of the top 56 community artists (from all disciplines) in America in a program funded by the National Endowment of the Arts and six other national arts agencies.

Keeper of the Desert Treasure Award Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ, 1999.

TPCHC Historic Preservation Award Tucson, AZ, 1999.