Member, Ingham County Democratic Party

Experience, Michigan Democratic Party

Democratic Leader, Michigan State House of Representatives

Representative, Michigan State House of Representatives, 1991-1994, 2002-2006

Senator, Michigan State Senate, 1994-2002

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 2000

Commissoner, Ingham County Board of Commissioners, 1983-1990

Experience, Downtown Development Authority

Chair, Ingham County Board of Commissioners' Law and Courts Committee

Experience, Ronald MacDonald House of Mid-Michigan Capital Committee

Experience, Sparrow Hospital Greater Lansing Area Advisory Council

Chair, Michigan Task Force on Voting Reforms, 2001

Member, Ronald McDonald House Capital Campaign, 1998

Owner/Operator, Byrum Hardware, 1983-present

Experience, American Cancer Society Board of Directors

Experience, Boy Scout Merit Badge Counselor

Experience, Everett/South Lansing Kiwanis

Member, Greater Lansing Safety Council

Member, Holt/Dimondale Business Alliance

Member, Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce

Experience, Mason Chamber of Commerce

Experience, Michigan Retail Hardware Association

Member, South Lansing Business Alliance

Experience, South Lansing Business Association

Experience, Tri-County Metro Narcotics Governmental Board