Chair, Douglas County Rural Water District 1, District 1, 1982-present

Member, National Wind Coordinating Collaborative

Chief of Staff, Senate Majority Leader, Bob Talkington

Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 45, 1995-2019

Senator, Kansas State Senate, 1983-1985, 1986-1989

Member, Kansas Energy Council, 2002-present

Chair, Douglas County Rural Representative, District 1, District 1, 1985-present

Former Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Chairman, Council of State Governments' Energy & Environment Task Force, 2005-6

Former Chair, Government, Technology and Security Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Vice Chairman, House of Representatives Utilities Committee

Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Energy

Chairman, Midwest Legislative Council's Renewable Energy Committee, 2005-6

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Vision 2020 Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Chair, Water and Environment Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Water and Environment Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Member, Electricity Advisory Committee, United States Department of Energy, 2008

Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Discussion Groups on High Voltage Transmission Lines, 2007, 2008

Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Discussion Groups on High Voltage Transmission Lines, 2007, 2008

Member, Kansas Energy Council, 2002-2008

Member, United States Department of Energy Electricity Advisory Committee, 2008

Chair, Energy and Environment Task Force, Council of State Governments, 2005-2006

Chair, Renewable Energy Committee, Midwest Legislative Council, 2005-2006

President, Sloan and Associates, 1994-present

Farmer

Consultant, Communications

Government Affairs Representative, Getty Oil Company

Associate Director, Kansas State Nurses Association

Assistant to Secretary of Corrections, State of Kansas

Executive Director, Western Resources, 1994

Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, 1976

Member, Council of State Government, 1995-present

Member, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1995-present

Member, Cosmopolitans International, 1990-present

Member, Columbia Sheep Breeders of America, 1985-present

Member, Kansas Electric Transmission Summits I-V

Chair, Rotary International, 2000-2004

Member, Rotary International, 2000-2004

Number of Grandchildren:

Two