Mayor, City of Lowell

Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District First Middlesex, 2010-2018

Member, Lowell City Council, 1996

Former Member, Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Chair, Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate

Former Chair, Export Development Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Vice Chair, Higher Education Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Rules, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Labor and Workforce Development Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Municipalities and Regional Government Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Personnel and Administration Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Chair, Steering and Policy Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Ways and Means Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Attorney, Gallagher & Cavanaugh, 2008-present

Attorney, Private Practice, City of Lowell, 1991-2008

Member, Criminal Justice Act Board of the United States District Court

Co-founder, Future Stars Camp, Lowell

Board Member, Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell

Member, Greater Lowell Bar Association

Board Member, Lowell Association for the Blind

Member, Massachusetts Bar Association

Board Member, Merrimack River Valley House

Trustee, Saints Medical Center in Lowell

Board Member, Whistler House Museum of Art

Member, Women Working Wonders Fund

Co-founder, Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council, 1999