Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, 2005-2008, 2010-2012

Speaker Pro Tempore, Iowa State House of Representatives, 2010-2012

Assistant Minority Leader, Iowa State House of Representatives, 2007-2008

Clerk/Trustee, Sugar Creek Township, 1990-2006

President, Wilton Community School District, 2003-2004

Board of Directors, Wilton Community School District, 2001-2004

Member, Wilton Library/Community Center Committee, 2008

Chair, Wilton Sesquicentennial Committee, 2005

Member, Cedar County Conference Board, 2001-2004

President, Wilton Community School District, 2003-2004

Member, Muscatine County Mental Health Advisory Committee, 2000-2001

Department Chair/Professor, Muscatine Community College, 1990-present

Livestock Farmer, Family Century Farm, 1980-present.

Member, Cedar County Farm Bureau, present

Editor, Cedar County Historical Review, present

Honorary Director, Cedar County Historical Society, present

Member, Farm Bureau

Member, Herbert Hoover Library Association, present

Member, Highway 30 Coalition, present

Member, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, present

Member, Lowden Historical Society, present

Member, Pheasants Forever, present

Member, Sons of the American Legion, present

Member, State Historical Society of Iowa, present

Member, Wilton Chamber of Commerce, present

Editor, Cedar County Historical Review, 2008

Director, Cedar County Historical Society, 2008

Vice-President, Cedar County Soldiers Monument Association, 2008