Education:
BS, Elementary Education, University of Illinois, 1965.

Professional Experience:
Executive Director, Illinois State Council for Senior Citizens, 1985-1990
Program Director, Illinois Public Action, 1976-1985
Teacher, Head Start, 1965-1967.

Political Experience:
Representative/Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives, 1998-present
Democratic Floor Leader, Illinois State House of Representatives, 1994-1999
Representative, Illinois State House of Representatives, 1990-1998
Candidate, Cook County Board, 1986.

Organizations:
Governing Council, American Jewish Congress-Midwest Region
Advisory Board, Better Existence with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Advisory Board, Child Care Center of Evanston
Policy Council, Citizen Action of Illinois
Secretary, Conference of Women Legislators
Board of Directors, Council for Disability Rights
Illinois Pro-Choice Alliance
Board of Directors, Illinois Public Action
Advisory Board, Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership
Advisory Board, Infant Welfare Society of Evanston Incorporated
Advisory Board, Interfaith House
Chair, Government Agency Division, Jewish United Fund
Mother's Voices
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Organization for Women
Advisory Board, Neighbors at Work
Advisory Council, Palliative Care Center of the North Shore
Advisory Board, Rogers Park Community Action Network
Skokie Chamber of Commerce
Advisory Board, Ted Fund
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
Advisory Board, Women Employed Working Woman For Change
Advisory Board, Women for Economic Security
Advisory Board, Women's Treatment Center.

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees:
Mayor's Appointee, Evanston Energy Alternatives Task Force, 1989-1993
Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Democratic Homeland Security Task Force
Democratic Steering Committee
Advisory Board, Help Network
Vice Chair, House Democratic Caucus Special Committee on Election Reform
Advisory Board, Illinois Task Force on Child Support
Advisory Board, Interfaith House
Advisory Board, Midwest Palliative and Hospice Care Center
Founding Member, Out of Iraq Caucus
Advisory Board, Ted Fund
Delegate, White House Conference on Aging
Honorary Committee, Working Women for Change, Women Employed
Vice Chair, Women's Caucus.

Committees:
Energy and Commerce, Member
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Member
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Vice Chair
Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), Member
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), Member