Board Member, San Mateo County Board of Education, 2000-present

Candidate, California State Senate, District 11, 2004

Assemblymember, California State Assembly, 1988-1992, 1996-2000

Supervisor, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, 1993-1996

President, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, 1995

San Mateo County Housing Leadership Council, 2002-present

AIDS Board, 1993-1996

San Mateo County Hospital Board, 1993-1996

Commission on Aging, 1993-1996

Mental Health Board, 1993-1996

Health Plan Board, 1993-1996

Founding CEO/Senior Advisor, Ed Voice, 2000-present

Special Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, 1993

Associate, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, 1986-1988

Advisory Board, Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA), 2002-present

Sequoia Hospital Community Advisory Council, 2002-present

San Carlos Parent Teacher Association, 2001-present

Board of Directors, Junior State of American Foundation, 1990-present

Executive Board, Association of Bay Area Governments

Experience, California Bar Association

Experience, California State Association of Counties

Experience, San Mateo County United Way Leadership Board

Santa Clara County Blue Ribbon Task Force on Education, 2001-2003

Chair, American Heart Association Heart Walk, 2001