Senator, Tennessee State Senate, 1994-2005

Representative, Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1984-1994

National chairman, National Black Caucus of State Legislators Health Committee

Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1977

Tennessee Army National Guard, Captain

Experience, Consultant with Roscoe Dixon and Company

Experience, U.S. Army

Insurance Executive, 1977

Experience, AEL Education Library

Experience, Associated Catholic Charities

Experience, Boy Scouts

Experience, Dogwood Village

Experience, Goals for Memphis Board of Trustees

Experience, Memphis Health Center

Experience, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Board, Operation P.U.S.H. Memphis

Experience, Pink Palace Museum Grants Information Center

Experience, Shelby Conty Task Force on Public Health Care Delivery

Experience, St. Joseph Hospital Board

Experience, Tennesee Constitutional Convention

Experience, West TN Area Health Education Center

Past Chair and Board, Whitehaven Southwest Mental Health Center