Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 76, 2012-2018

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 49, 2018

Candidate, United States Senate, California, 2016

Member, Oceanside City Council, 2002-2009

Former Member, Budget Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Business and Professions Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, California's Clean Energy Economy Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Domestic Violence Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Vice Chair, Education Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Health Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Higher Education Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Legislative Budget Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Mental and Behavioral Health and Proposition 63 Implementation Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Homelessness, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Increasing the Integration of STEM in Education in California K-14 Schools, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Regional Transportation Solutions, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Sea Level Rise and the California Economy, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Workforce and Vocational Development in California, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Subcommittee 2 on Education Finance, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Utilities and Commerce Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Utilities and Commerce Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Vice Chair, Veterans Affairs Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Water Consumption and Alternative Sources Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Chief of Staff, 4th Marine Division, United States Marine Corps

Chief Education Officer, School of Business and Technology Charter High School, Oceanside Unified School District

Acting Secretary, California Department of Veterans Affairs, January 2011-May 2011

Acting Secretary, California Department of Veterans Affairs, 2011

Under Secretary, California Department of Veterans Affairs, 2009-2010

Undersecretary, California Department of Veterans Affairs, 2009-December 2010

Colonel, United States Marine Corps, 1973-2001

Chair, California Governor's Military Council, 2012-present

Member, KOCT Oceanside Community Television

Member, Oceanside Chamber of Commerce

Member, Rotary Club

Founder, School of Business and Technology Charter High School, Oceanside Unified School District

Member, Women’s Resource Center