Member, Central Virginia Planning Committee, present

Former Majority Caucus Vice Chair, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 23, 1996-2024

President Pro Tempore, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, 2016-2020

Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 23, 2019

Delegate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, 1991-1996

Member, Lynchburg City Council, 1988-1991

Member, Lynchburg Transportation Safety Commission, present

Former Member, Advisory Council on Autism, Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Board of Trustees for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Virginia State Senate

Former Chair, Education and Health Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Governor's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Joint Rules Committee, Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee General Government and Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Certificate of Public Need, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Virginia Preschool Initiative, Virginia State Senate

Vice President/Board Member, Marketing and Sales, Delta Star Incorporated, present

Public Relations, Software-Defined Networking Company, present

Member, American Cancer Society, present

Member, Virginia Municipal League, present