Deputy Speaker, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2019-present

Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 72, 2007-present

Former Assistant Majority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 72, 2022

Member, Board of Aldermen, 1997-2006

Member, Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

Member, Housing Committee

Member, Human Services Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Legislative Management

Former Member, Inter-Governmental Subcommittee, Board of Aldermen

Member, Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2023-2024

Member, Housing Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2023-2024

Member, Human Services Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2023-2024

Member, Legislative Management Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2023-2024

Senior Graphic Designer, DST Output, 2004-2011

Participant, Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministry Hunger Walk, 2005-present

Vice Chair, Democratic Town Committee, District 72, 2002-present

Life Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2001-present

Member, Democratic Town Committee, District 72, 2000-present

Member, Black Mayor for a Day Committee, 1999-present

Member, Board of Directors, Buck's Hill Community Club, present

Former Member, Bunker Hill Community Club, present

Advisory Board Member, Battered Women's Safe Territory - an Opportunity to Progress

Former Member, Board of Directors, American Red Cross Waterbury Chapter

Former Member, Bunker Hill Neighborhood Association

Former Member, Charter Revision Subcommittees Board of Aldermen

Former Member, Civil Service Subcommittees Board of Aldermen

Former Member, Community Development Subcommittee, Board of Aldermen

Member, Connecticut Association of Police Commissioners

Member, Executive Board, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Member/Men's Day Worship Leader, Grace Baptist Church

Mock Congress Organizer, Granville Academy

Member, J&J Scholarship Committee

Member, Waterbury Black Democratic Club

President, Waterbury Black Democratic Club

Former Board Member, West Grove Association

Delegate, Connecticut State Democratic Convention, 1998-2004

Waterbury Delegate, Connecticut State Democratic Conventions, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004

Commissioner, Board of Directors, Waterbury Police Commission, 1996-1997

Connecticut Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1996

Awards:

2002 Black Mayor for a Day, Afro-American Black Mayor for a Day Committee, 2002; Legislative Leadership Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 2000; Member, Pearl Street Hall of Fame, 2000; Dr. James Lee Scholarship Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1972; Most Versatile, Wilby High School Senior Class.

Father's Name:

Wilkes Butler

Mother's Name:

Melvia Pierce Butler