Senate Chair, Western Maryland Delegation, 1995-present

Senator, Maryland State Senate, 1990-present.

Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2004-present

Southern States Energy Board, 2003-present

Youth Centers Executive Advisory Board, Department of Juvenile Justice, 2002-present

Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-present

Deep Creek Lake Policy and Review Board, 2000-present

State Advisory Council on Administrative Hearings, 1999-present

Western Maryland Economic Development Task Force, 1998-present

Governor's Flood Mitigation Task Force for Western Maryland, 1997-present

Maryland Medicaid Advisory Committee, 1996-present

Task Force on Maryland's Dairy Industry, 1995-present

State Commission on Neighborhoods, 1994-present

Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, 1991-present

Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-present

Special Commission on Legislative Prayer, 2003

Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2002

Task Force to Study the Modernization of Credit Union Law, 1999-2001

Task Force on the South Mountain Battlefield Historic Tourism Initiative, 1999-2000

Maryland Competitive Advantage Financing Fund Work Group, 2000

Commission to Study Ways to Improve the Financial Viability of the Racing Industry, 1997-1999

Task Force to Study Retail Electric Competition and the Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry, 1997-1998

Task Force on Maryland's Dairy Industry, 1995-1997

State Commission on Neighborhoods, 1994-1996

Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry, 1996

Experience, Funeral Director

Medic, United States Army

Experience, Ali Ghan Shrine Temple

Experience, Allegany County Farm Bureau

Past Chair, American Cancer Crusade

Experience, Cumberland BPO Elks

Experience, Cumberland Chamber of Commerce

Experience, Cumberland Moose

Experience, Cumberland Youth Center

Experience, Farraday American Legion Post

Experience, Fraternal Order of Police

Experience, Maryland Farm Bureau

Experience, Mason Lodge

Experience, Past Grand Tall Cedar.

Past Chair, Salvation Army

Experience, Scottish Rite 32nd Degree

Experience, Tall Cedar of Lebanon