Representative, Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 65, 2017-present

Candidate, Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 65, 2022

Candidate, Tennessee State Senate, District 65, 2020

Candidate, Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 65, 2018

Member, Council on Pensions

Member, Finance, Ways and Means Committee

Member, Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee

Member, Health Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Pensions and Insurance

Member, Select Committee on Ethics

Member, Select Committee on Rules

Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation

Member, Transportation Committee

Member, Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Subcommittee

Chair, Franklin Battlefield Preservation Commission, present

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Infrastructure, Tennessee State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Health, Tennessee State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Tennessee State House of Representatives

Foreman, Williamson County Grand Jury, 2012-2013

Defense Contractor/ Regional Manager, Reserve Officer Training Corps Programs, 2002-2011

Retired Colonel, United States Army, 1976-2002

Member, 1st United Methodist Church, present

Member, American Legion Post 212, present

Chair, Cannons on the Square Committee, present

Member, Disabled American Veterans, present

Member, Elks Lodge #7, present

Member, Franklin Noon Rotary, present

Secretary, Franklin’s Charge Incorporated, present

Member, Military Officers Association of America, present

Member, Save the Franklin Battlefield, present

Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4893, present

Member, Williamson County Republican Party, present

Member, Williamson Incorporated, present

Former Chair, Carter House State Historical Site

Awards:

Legion of Merit;
Bronze Star Medal;
Southwest Asia Service Medal with 3 Campaign Stars;
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal;
Parachutist Badge;
Air Assault Badge;
German Army Airborne Badge

Favorite Movie:

High Noon (1952), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), The Horse Soldiers (1959), Fort Apache (1948), Rio Grande (1950), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Twelve O'clock High (1949), Battleground (1949)

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Grandchildren
Fly Fishing, Hiking, Art
Military and Political History
Battlefield Preservation

Sectioned hiked the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee and visited nearly every Civil War battlefield in the nation.