Education:
MSW, Social Work, University of California, Berkeley, 1975
BA, Mills College, 1973.

Professional Experience:
Owner/Founder, Small Business, 1987
Chief-of-Staff/Intern, Representative Ronald Dellums, United States House of Representatives, 1976-1986.

Political Experience:
Representative/Regional Whip, United States House of Representatives, 1998-present
Elected, Special Election, United States House of Representatives, 1998
Senator, California State Senate, 1996-1998
Assemblymember, California State Assembly, 1990-1996
Northern California Campaign Coordinator, Shirley Chisholm for President, 1972.

Organizations:
Member, Advisory Board, Alameda Boys Club
Member, Board of Directors, Bay Area Black United Fund
Member, Black Women Organized for Political Action
Board Member, California Coastal Conservancy/District Export Council
Founder, California Commission on the Status of African-American Males
Member, California Commission on Status of Women
Member, California Defense Conversion Council
Board Member, Finance Committee, California Democratic Party
Chair, California Rainbow Coalition
Member, Commission on the Status of Women
Member, District Export Council
Member, John George Democratic Club
Member, League of Women Voters
Chair/President, Women's Network, National Conference of State Legislature
Member, Niagara Democratic Club
Founder, Ronald V. Dellums Democratic Club.

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees:
Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, 2009-present
Member, Adoption Caucus
Member, Arts Caucus
Member, Bicameral Global AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
Member, Bike Caucus
Member, Brain Injury Task Force
Member, CAPAC (Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus)
Member, Caribbean Caucus
Member, Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Member, Congressional Black Caucus Global AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Task Force
Co-Chair, Congressional Black Caucus Haiti Task Force
Member, Congressional Black Caucus Minority Business Task Force
Co-Chair/Member, Congressional Black Caucus Outreach Task Force
Member, Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
Member, Congressional Caucus on Korea
Former Co-Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus
Member, Democratic Caucus.
Member, Democratic Immigration Task Force
Member, Disability caucus
Member, Education and Job Training Taskforce
Member, Emergency Taskforce
Member, Ethiopia Caucus
Member, Food Safety Caucus
Member, Global Climate Change Caucus
Member, Goods Movement Caucus
Member, Health and Medicine Taskforce
Member, Hispanic Working Group
Member, Historic Preservation Caucus
Member, House Oceans Caucus
Member, Human Rights Caucus
Member, Hunger Caucus
Member, International Conservation Caucus
Member, Livable Communities Taskforce
Member, Malaysia Trade, Security, and Economic Cooperation Caucus
Member, Mental Health Caucus
Member, Native American Caucus
Member, Organic Caucus
Chair, Out of Poverty Caucus
Member, Poor People’s Caucus
Member, Port Security Caucus
Member, Pro-Choice Caucus
Member, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
Member, Safe Neighborhoods Taskforce
Member, Sustainable Development Caucus
Member, Chair, Task Force on Global HIV/AIDS, Congressional Black Caucus
Member, Task Force on Tobacco and Health
Member, The Young Voter's Project
Member, Universal Health Care Caucus
Member, Vision Caucus
Member, Women’s Caucus.

Committees:
Appropriations, Member
Foreign Affairs, Member
Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, Member
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Member
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Member
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Member
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Member