Member, Finance Committee, DuPage Community Foundation, 2000-present

Member, Child Support Committee Task Force, 1999-present

Former Ranking Minority Member, Appropriations for Human Services Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Disability Services Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Member, Education Caucus, 2006-present

Former Member, Environment Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Financial Institutions Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Health and Healthcare Disparities Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Minority Member, House Budget Oversight Panel Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Minority Member, Human Services Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Investigative Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Member, Juvenile Justice Task Force, 2005-present

Former Member, Labor and Commerce Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Member, Manufacturing Caucus, 2006-present

Former Member, Mass Transit Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Medicaid Reform, Family and Children Services Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Mental Health Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Member, National Caucus of Environment Legislators, 2006-present

Member, Rural Health Care Task Force, 2005-present

Former Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Facilities, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on HS Medicaid, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Justice System, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Medicaid, Illinois State House of Representatives

Member, Fire Caucus, 2008

Co-President, Conference of Women Legislators, Illinois, 2005-2007