Director, Budget and Administration, Office of Attorney General

Magistrate, Fayette County

Former Chair, Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections

Former Majority Whip, West Virginia State Senate

Candidate, West Virginia State Senate, District 10, 2020

Senator, West Virginia State Senate, District 10, 2013-2017

Senator, West Virginia State Senate, District 11, 2009-2013

Delegate, West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1996-1998

Member, Advisory Committee, Criminal Justice Information Systems

Former Member, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Commissioner, Alcohol Beverage Control

Assistant Commissioner, Budget and Administration, West Virginia Department of Corrections

Deputy Director, Budget and Administration, West Virginia Department of Corrections

Former Member, Education Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Member, Governor's Task Force on Juvenile Detention

Former Member, Governor's Task Force on Sheriff's Training and Certification

Former Member, Health and Human Resources Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Joint Children and Families Committee, West Virginia State Legislature

Former Member, Joint Education Committee, West Virginia State Legislature

Former Member, Joint Finance Committee, West Virginia State Legislature

Former Member, Joint Health Committee, West Virginia State Legislature

Former Member, Labor Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Oversight Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Military Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources Subcommittee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, West Virginia Lottery Commission

Former Chair, West Virginia Lottery Commission

Member, Hospital Administrator

Sheriff, Fayette County, 1989-1996, 2001-2008

Former President, 9/11 Advisory Board+

Former Chair, Advisory Board, Fayette County E-922

Former Member, Board of Directors, West Virginia Sheriff's Association

Former Member, Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team

Member, Fayette County Bridge Day Commission

Former Chief Executive Officer, Montgomery General Hospital

Former President, Montgomery General Hospital

President, Mount Hope Lions Club

Member, Pi Sigma Alpha

Member, Valley Health Center Incorporated

Former Presdient, West Virginia Association of Counties

Former Board Member, West Virginia Association of Counties

Member, West Virginia Drunk Driving Commission