Former Minority Whip, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Speaker Pro Tempore, West Virginia State House of Delegates, 2019-2021

Delegate, West Virginia State House of Delegates, District 58, 2006-2021

Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 58, 2020

Majority Leader, West Virginia State House of Delegates, 2015-2019

Assistant Minority Whip, West Virginia State House of Delegates, 2011

Former Member, Finance Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Industry and Labor Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Former Member, Joint Committee on Finance, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Joint Committee on Government and Finance, West Virginia House of Delegates

Vice President, Morgan County Planning Commission

Former Member, Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Vice Chair, Political Subdivisions Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Rules Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Select Committee on Education Reform C, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Small Business Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Member, Community Action Plan Committee, Youth Substance Abuse, 2006

Member, Tri-State Rail Effort Committee, 2003-2005

Member, Morgan County Economic Development Committee, 1998-2001

Member, United States 522 Infrastructure Committee, 1999-2000

Executive Director, Morgan County Economic Development Authority, 2016-present

President, Cowles and Sons Construction, Incorporated, 1991-present

President, Cowles and Sons Construction, Incorporated, 1991-present

Member, West Virginia Economic Development Council, 2017-present

Member, Eastern Panhandle Business Association, 2016-present

Member, Eastern Panhandle Home Builders Association, 2003-present

Member, West Virginia Home Builders Association, 2003-present

Member, Region 9 Planning and Development Council, present

Member, Berkeley Springs Rotary

Member, Board of Directors, Berkeley Springs-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce

Member, Eastern Panhandle Entrepreneur's Forum

Member, Morgan County Economic Development Authority

Member, Morgan County Farm Bureau

Member, Morgan County Farmland Protection Board

Chair, Morgan County Republican Executive Committee

Member, Morgan County Republican Executive Committee

Member, West Virginia State Republican Executive Committee

Member, Western Potomac Economic Partnership

Member, Rotary International, 2006

Member, Berkeley Springs Jaycees, 1998-2004

County Chair, Bush for President Campaign, 2004

Member, Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2001

Awards:

Conservative Achievement Award, 2017, The American Conservative Union Foundation
AARP-West Virginia Capitol Caregiver, 2016, AARP-West Virginia
Campaign to End Child Poverty Legislative Champion, 2016, West Virginia Healthy Kids & Families Coalition
Champion of Prosperity, 2016, Eastern Panhandle Business Association
Morgan County GOP Volunteer of the Year, 2006
Best in West Virginia Single Family Home Class II, 2005, West Virginia Home Builders Association
Volunteer of the Year, 2001, Berkeley Springs Jaycees