Representative, South Carolina State House of Representatives, 2006-2010

Won Special Election, Experience, South Carolina State House of Representatives, February 2006

Deputy Minority Leader, 2007-present

Chair, House Subcommittee on Health and Environmental Affairs, 2006-present

Board, Santee Lynches Regional Council for Governments, 2006-present

South Carolina Committee on Higher Education, 1999-2002

K12 Major Accounts Manager, Dell Computers, 1995-present

Director/Program Manager, Dupont Center, Central Carolina Technical College Continuing Education, 1989-1995

National Association Marketing Manager/Marketing Director, New York/New England X, 1986-1989

Senior Account Executive, International Business Machines Corporation, 1979-1988

Director of Sales, Servico, Incorporated, 1977-1979

Sea Pines Plantation Company, 1975-1977

Lightsey Society, 2006-present

Board Member, South Carolina Higher Education Foundation, 2001-present

Member, Summerton Presbyterian Church

Board of Trustees, Coastal Carolina University, 1993-2006

Chairman, South Carolina Higher Education Foundation, 2001-2006

Commissioner, Commission on Higher Education, 1999-2002

Sumter, Clarendon, Lee United Way Regional Board, 1992-1998

Board, Pee Dee Regional Education Foundation, 1994-1998

President, Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce, 1994