Former Majority Whip, Indiana State Senate

Senator, Indiana State Senate, 1985-2014

Precinct Committee Member 1976-1986, 1993-1998

Member, Allen County Council, 1978-1985

Member, Emergency Preparedness Task Force, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Member, GLOBAL Advisory Committee

Co-Chair, Homeland Security and Preparedness Task Force

Chair, Homeland Security, Transportation & Veterans Affairs

Founding Member, Indiana Hispanic and Latino Affairs Commission

Member, Indiana Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission

Founding Member, Indiana Military and Veterans Affairs Commission

Founding Member, Indiana Social Status of Black Males Commission

Member, Intelligence Working Group

Ranking Member, Rules & Legislative Procedure Committee

Former Vice-Chair, Transportation Committee

Program Development Specialist, General Electric Corporation Industrial Systems, retired

Lieutenant Colonel, Indiana Air National Guard, 1966-1997

Member, Advisory Board, Fort Wayne Center for Medical Education, present

Member, Allen County Republican Club

Former Member, Domestic Nuclear Detection Work Group

Member, General Electric Corporation Elfun Society, present

Member, Governor's Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving

Former Board Member, Greater Fort Wayne Crimestoppers

Board Member, Hoosier Burn Camp, present

Founding Member, Indiana Breast Cancer Awareness Trust, present

Member, Indiana General Assembly Leadership Council, present

Member, Indiana National Guard Association, present

Member, Interagency State Council on Black and Minority Health

Member, Knights of Columbus, present

Member, National Homeland Security Consortium, present

Board Member, Northeast Indiana Burn Foundation, present

Member, Saint Vincent's Catholic Church, present

Member, United States National Guard Association, present