Minnesota House of Representatives:

Third Term

  • Capital Investment Finance Division (Vice Chair)
  • Drinking Water Source Protection Subcommittee
  • Environment and Natural Resources
  • Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division
  • Labor and Consumer Protection Division
  • Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs

Second Term

  • Capital Investment (vice-chair)
  • Environment and Natural Resources Policy
  • Environment and Natural Resources Finance
  • Labor and Consumer Protection
  • Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs

First Term

  • Local Government Committee Member
  • Environment & Natural Resources Committee Member
  • Early Childhood Caucus Member
  • DFL Conservation Caucus Co-Chair
  • Appointed by the Speaker of the House to the Legislative Commission on Local Government

Community Involvement:

  • Elected six terms, City Council Member until 2002, Little Canada
  • Member, Vadnais Heights Rotary Club
  • Board Member FORHANC (Friends of Roseville's Harriet Alexander Nature Center)
  • Charter Member, Little Canada Historical Society
  • Member, Audubon Society of Minnesota
  • Member, Nature Conservancy
  • Member, Sierra Club
  • Past Representative, Rush Line Corridor Transit Task Force
  • Past President, Ramsey County League of Local Governments
  • Past Member, Ramsey County Riverfront Facilities Ad Hoc Advisory Committee
  • Founder, Multi-Housing Safety Coalition
  • Member, Attorney General's Task Force on Pharmaceuticals & Medicare
  • Member, Task Force for Information Technology
  • Past Trustee, Suburban Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Past Trustee, Little Canada Fire Relief Association
  • Longtime Artwork Donor - Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, Trout Unlimited
  • Past Member, Little Canada Recreation Association
  • Girls' Softball Coach
  • Local Founder/Leader, 4H Club