Minority Caucus Chair, Georgia State Senate

Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 8, 1998-2014

Changed Political Party, from Democrat to Republican, January 2011

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, 1990-1998

Director, Valdosta Office, Former Congressman Hatcher, 1981-1989

Director, Manager and Treasurer, Hatcher for Re-Election, 1988

Former Vice Chair, Government Oversight Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Chair, Retirement Committee, Georgia State Senate

Member, Leadership Georgia Program, 1987

Mortgage Broker/Co-Owner, Beacon Hill Financial, present

Former Staff Aide, Former United States Senator Sam Nunn

Owner/Founder, Golden Printing of Valdosta, 1999

Staff Aide, Former United States Congressman Charles Hatcher, 1981

Member, Azalea City Kiwanis Club, present

Former Board of Directors, March of Dimes

Former President/Board of Directors, State of Georgia Cluster of Young Men's Christian Association

Former Board of Directors, Valdosta County Chamber of Commerce

Former Board Member, Valdosta Methodist Youth Home

Former Member, Valdosta State Alumni Board

Member, Young Democrats, present

Former President/Board of Directors, Young Men's Christian Association, Valdosta-Lowndes County Family

Member, Youth for Nunn, present