Senator

Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 3, 2008

President/Vice-President, Unified School District 497 School Board, 1976-1984

Member for two Governors, Agriculture Advisory Committee

Board of Directors, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee

Member, United States Department of Agriculture Advisory Committee

Member, WIBE Agriculture Advisory Committee

Board of Directors, United States Grain Council, 1999-2000

Agricultural Biotechnology, 2000

Appointed, Experience, Grain Inspection Advisory Commission, 1995

Owner/Manager, Pine Family Farms, 1964-present

Member, Douglas County Community Foundation Board, 2001-present

Member, Douglas County Traffic Safety Advisory Committee, 2001-present

Treasurer, Kaw Valley Drainage District, 1996-present

Past President/Board of Directors, Kansas Corn Growers Association, 1986-present

Member, Douglas County 4-H Foundation Board

Multiple Committee Member, Farm Bureau

Mission Committee Chair, Free Methodist Church, present

Pesticide Management Board Member, Kansas Department of Agriculture

Alumni Member, Kansas State University Farm House Fraternity

Board of Directors, Twenty-First Century Alliance

Kansas Vice-President/Douglas County President, Young Farmers Association

Member, Kansas State University Agriculture Dean Search Committee, 2003-2004

Eco2, 2000-2002

Chairman, National Corn Growers Association, 1999-2000

National Corn Growers Association, 1996-2000

President, National Corn Growers Association, 1989-1999

Chair, Government Relations Committee, National Corn Growers Association, 1996-1997

Board of Directors/Past President, Farmers Cooperative Association, 1987-1993

Committee Member/Board Member/President, Douglas County Extension Work, 1962-1990

Member, National Potato Board, 1976-1982