Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 117, 2010-2021

Candidate, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 117, 2018

Member, Henderson County Board of Commissioners, 2004-2010

Council Member, Village of Flat Rock, 1997-2001

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Commerce and Job Development Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Environment Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Co-Chair, Environmental Review Commission, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Ethics Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Judiciary II Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Subcommittee A, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Matters, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Rules, Calendar and Operations Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on Disaster Relief, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Transportation, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Transportation, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Universities, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Wildlife Resources Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Executive Director, North Carolina Youth Camp Association, 2009-2010

Director Emeritus, Falling Creek Camp, 1989-2005

Executive Director, Environmental & Conservation Organization of Henderson County, 1992-1994

Senior Corporate Counsel, Contel Corporation, 1984-1992

Legal Officer, First Atlanta Corporation, 1982-1983

Associate, Alston & Bird, 1980-1982

Law Clerk, Judge Pierce Lively, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1979-1980

Instructor of Law, Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1978-1979

Member, Rotary Club of Hendersonville, 1994-present

Former Chair, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy Board of Trustees

Volunteer, Children & Family Resource Center

Former Volunteer, Friends of DuPont Forest

Former Member, Georgia Department of Transportation

Former Member, Georgia Environmental Advisory Council

Former Chair and Member, Henderson County Board of Social Services Board of Directors

Former Member, Henderson County Planning Board

Volunteer, Henderson County Young Leaders Program

Volunteer, Leadership Hendersonville

Former Member, North Carolina Urban Forest Council

Member, Asheville Airport Authority Board, 2008-2011

Member, Partners in Health Condominium Association Board of Directors, 2000-2011

Trustee, Clean Water Management Trust Fund, 2006-2010

Member, French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization, 2005-2010

Member, Green River Community Association, 2007-2010

Member, Habitat for Humanity Advisory Board, 2009-2010

Member, Land-of-Sky Regional Council of Governments Board, 2005-2010

Member, Mountain Resources Commission, 2010

Member, Muddy Sneakers Board of Directors, 2007-2010

Member, 21st Century Transportation Committee, 2007-2009

Member, Greater Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, 1991-2005

Member, John Muir Foundation Board of Trustees, 1996-2005

Member, American Camp Association Board of Directors, 1998-2003

Member, Four Seasons Board of Directors, 1998–2001

Member, North Carolina Forest Council, 1997-2000

National President and Trustee, Sierra Club, 1998-2000