Deputy Republican Leader, North Carolina State Senate

Senator, North Carolina State Senate, 2003-2016

Former Vice Chair, Appropriations/Base Budget Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Commerce Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Education/Higher Education Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Finance Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Redistricting Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Majority Owner, A and A Bonding Agency

Advisory Board, Branch Banking and Trust Company Asheville Regional

President/Majority Owner, Fifth Avenue Travel, Incorporated

President/Majority Owner, Southeastern Sureties Group, Incorporated

Former Member, Board of Trustees, Flat Rock Playhouse

Member, First Methodist Church of Hendersonville

Founding Member, Henderson County Education Foundation

Adviser, Junior Achievement

Co-Founder/Former Vice President, North Carolina Bail Agents Association

Division Chair, United Way

Secretary, Western Carolina University Board of Trustees

Member, Western Carolina University College of Business Advisory Board