Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 75, 2013-present

Candidate, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 75, 2024

Chair, Appropriations Committee

Member, Committee on Education, K-12

Member, Committee on Education, Universities

Chair, Health Committee

Member, Insurance Committee

Co-Chair, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services

Co-Chair, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and North Carolina Health Choice

Member, Pensions and Retirement Committee

Member, Select Committee on Strategic Transportation Planning and Long Term Funding Solutions

Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Health and Human Services

Member, UNC BOG Nominations Committee

Former Member, Aging Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Child Fatality Task Force, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Health Care Reform Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Insurance Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on School Safety, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, State Personnel Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Health and Human Services, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former President, Davie Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Health

Former President, Lexington Medical Center, Wake Forest Baptist Health

President, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, 2007-2011

Member, Board of Directors, Lexington Chamber of Commerce

Member, Forsyth Technical Community College Board

Member, High Point University Board of Visitors

Member, Hospice and Palliative Care Center Board of Directors

Board Member, Leadership Advisory Council, Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare

Member, North Carolina Health Planning Coordinating Committee

Board Member, North Carolina Hospital Association and Common Visions

Board Member, Salemtowne Retirement Community

Board Member, The University Health Consortium

Chair, North Carolina March of Dimes, 2014

Chair, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board, 1994-2012

Awards:

2014 Heritage Award recipient presented by the North Carolina Baptist Foundation
Named to the All-State School Board and received the prestigious Health Care Hero Award in 2008.

Number of Grandchildren:

5