3rd District
Majority Caucus Whip

Years served: 2003 - Present (Senate)

Committee assignments: Committee of the Whole; Human Services (Chairperson); Appropriations I; Public Health (Vice-Chairperson); Redistricting; Environment; Subcommittee on Amendments (Sub-Chairperson).

Biography: Full-time state legislator; born June 1 in Chicago; B.A., Government, Monmouth College; M.A., Sociology, Jackson State University; single. Appointments: Co-Chair of Health Policy Task Force, Council of State Governments, Vice Chair of the Commission to Study the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Past and Present Effects on African-Americans.