Former Minority Leader, Maryland State Senate

Senator, Maryland State Senate, 1992-2011

Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2004

Minority Whip, Maryland State Senate, 1998-2001

Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1991-1992

Chair, Planning and Zoning Commission, Somerset County, 1984-1985

Co-Chair, Task Force on Traffic Capacity across the Chesapeake Bay, 2004-present

State Planning Committee for Higher Education, 2004-present

Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2004-present

Blue Crab Task Force, 2003-present

Taxpayers Protection Caucus, 2003-present

Transportation Task Force, 2003-present

Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-present

Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-present

Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2001-present

Chesapeake Bay Commission, 1997-present

Aquaculture Advisory Committee, 1999-2005

Chesapeake Forest Citizens Advisory Committee, 2002-2005

Transportation Task Force, 2003

Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2002-2003

Governor's Pesticide Council, 1992-2003

Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2002, 2003

Forum for Rural Maryland, 1996-2003

Task Force on Resource-Based Industry in Maryland, 2000-2002

Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001

Task Force on Tobacco Crop Conversion in Maryland, 1999

Special Committee to Study Issues Related to Class-Size Reduction, 1998-1999

Study Panel to Review Economic Development Financing Programs, 1999

Maryland Tourism Development Board, 1995-1999

Commission to Save the Lighthouses, 1992-1996

Experience, Farmer

Experience, Parochial School Principal

Experience, Plant Nursery Proprietor

Member, Association of Christian Schools International

Experience, Association of Christian Schools International

Member, Holly Grove Mennonite Church

Experience, National Kraut Packers Association

Experience, Rehobeth Ruritan Club

Member, Somerset County Farm Bureau

Experience, Somerset County Farm Bureau