Former Member, Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors

Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 15, 2000-2024

Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 9, 2023

Delegate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, 1994-2000

Vice-Chair, Board of Supervisors, Mecklenburg County, 1987-1991

Member, American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce and Trade Committee, present

Member, Martin Luther King Commission, present

Member, Southern Legislative Council, Agriculture Committee, present

Member, Southside Economic Development Committee, present

Vice-Chair/Member, Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission, present

Former Member, Advisory Council on Broadband, Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Board of Trustees for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Board of Virginia Workforce Development, Commonwealth of Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Commission on Employee Retirement Security and Pension Reform

Former Member, Commission on Legislative Audit and Review, Commonwealth of Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Commission on Virginia World War I and World War II Commemoration, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Finance Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Chair, General Laws and Technology Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Governor's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Joint Rules Committee, Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Memorial Commission on Doctor Martin Luther King Junior, Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Panel on Secure and Resilient Commonwealth, Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee Work Group on Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument #2, Fundraising, Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Capital Outlay and General Government, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Economic Development and Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education Funding, Virginia State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Virginia Preschool Initiative, Virginia State Senate

President, Able T.S. Incorporated, Brentwood Manor Furniture, 1986-present

Owner, Ruff's Market, 1980-1986

Owner, Buffalo Springs Inn, 1976-1980

United States Army Reserves, 1972-1978

Vice-Chair, Roanoke River Basin Association, 1983-present

Member, Center for Rural Virginia, present

Member, Clarksville Presbyterian Church, present

Member, National Council of State Legislators, Agriculture Committee, present

Member, National Rifle Association (NRA), present

Member, Southern Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees, present

Member, Twin River Masonic Lodge, present

Member, Virginia Retail Merchants Association, present

Former Chair, Center for Rural Virginia

Member, Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation

Former President, Lake County Chamber of Commerce

Member, Mecklenburg Distance Learning Center

Member, National Conference of State Legislators, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee

Member, Southern Legislative Conference, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee

Member, Trade and Economic Development Committee of the American Legislative Exchange Council

Member, Virginia Board of Workforce Development