President, North Carolina Senate, 2012-2021

Lieutenant Governor, State of North Carolina, 2012-2021

Candidate, Governor of North Carolina, 2020

No caucus information on file.

Founder, Re:Vision America

Founder, Re:Vision North Carolina

Founder/President, Triangle Leadership Forum, 2003-2012

Senior Partner/President, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, 1998-2009

Member, North Carolina Community College Board, 2012-present

Member, North Carolina State Board of Education, 2012-present

Volunteer, Durham Rescue Mission, present

Chair, Governor's eLearning Commission, present

Member, North Carolina Advisory Commission, Military Affairs, present

Chair, North Carolina Board of Postsecondary Education Credentials, present

Chair, North Carolina Energy Policy Council, present

Member, North Carolina Food Manufacturing Task Force, present

Chair, Special Committee on Digital Technology, North Carolina State Board of Education, present

Board Member, Faith Driven Consumer

Former Board Member, North Carolina Community Board for Heritage

Former Member, Presidents Club, Heritage Foundation

Former Chair, Wake Forest Pregnancy Support Services

Favorite Quote:

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. - Ronald Reagan

"If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large." - William Wilberforce

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. - CS Lewis

It is not true, as is sometimes said, that man cannot organize the world without God. What is true is that, without God, he can only organize it against man. - Henri de Lubac