Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 138, 2023-Present

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 133, 2019-2023

Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 133, 2018, 2020

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 129, 1992-2009

Member/Chair, Harris County Board of Commissioners, 1987-1990

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Economic Development and Tourism Committee

Member, Motor Vehicles Committee

Vice Chair, Natural Resources and Environment Committee

Vice Chair, State Properties Committee

Member, Transportation Committee

Member, Urban Affairs Committee

Member, Ways and Means Committee

Graduate, Leadership Georgia, 1997

Chief Executive Officer, Vance Smith Contracting and Consulting, 2012-present

Business Development, Contour Engineering, Limited Liability Corporation, 2015-2017

Business Development, RA-LIN and Associates Incorporated, 2014-2017

Government Relations and Business Development, R. Thompson & Associates Strategy, 2014-2016

Business Development, Pond & Company, 2015-Present

President, Vance Smith Construction Company, 1974-2008

Member, St. Paul United Methodist Church, present

Member, Harris County Chamber of Commerce, present

Charter Member, Harris County Community Leadership Program, present

Member, Lower Chattahoochee RDC, present

Member, Pine Mountain Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, Transportation Board of ACCG, present

Board Member, Wachovia Bank, Pine Mountain, present

Board Member, West Georgia Technical Institute, present

Commissioner, Georgia Department of Transportation, 2009-2011