Member, Governing Board and Executive Committee, The Council of State Governments, 2003-present

Senator, Idaho State Senate, District 33, 1998-2017

Majority Leader, Idaho State Senate, 2002-2017

President, Law School Advisory Council, University of Idaho College of Law, 2008-2011

Member, Committee on Liaison with Native American Tribes, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 2003-2009

Convention Vice Chair, Idaho Republican Convention, 2004, 2008

Delegate, Republican National Convention, 2000, 2004, 2008

Member, Guardianship/Conservatorship Committee, Idaho Supreme Court, 2006-present

Commissioner, Idaho Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, 2006-present

Council Member, Legislative Council, Idaho State Legislature, 2001-present

Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 2001-present

Member, Governor’s Leadership in Nuclear Energy Commission, present

Former Member, Judiciary and Rules Committee, Idaho State Senate

Former Member, State Affairs Committee, Idaho State Senate

Member, Study Committee on Faithless Presidential Electors, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 2005-2006

Co Chair, Task Force to Study Campaign Financing for Judicial Election, Idaho State Legislature, 2002-2003

Vice Chair, Commerce & Human Resources Committee, Idaho State Senate, 1998-2002

Chairman, Majority Caucus, Idaho State Senate, 2002

Member, Idaho Governor's Family Farm Security Task Force, 2000-2001

Member/Reporter, Rules Committee, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho, 1990-2001

Member, Eastern Idaho Division Facilities Committee, United States Court District of Idaho, 1997-1999

Member, Idaho Governor's Executive Committee on Safety in Schools, 1999

Member, Long Range Planning Committee, United States District Court, District of Idaho, 1993-1994

Trustee, Museum of Idaho, 2010-present

Attorney, Idaho State Bar, 1981-present

Secretary/Vice Chair, Electrical Wholesale Supply Company, Incorporated, 2004-2006

Attorney Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Executive Committee, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1993-1998

Chair, Council of State Governments, 2009-present

Member, College of Law Advisory Council, University of Idaho, 2005-present

Member, Legal Task Force, The Council of State Governments, 2003-present

Member, Senate Board, Idaho Bond Bank Authority, 2003-present

Member, Committee on Suggested State Legislation, Council of State Governments, 2001-present

Member, Executive Committee, Council on State Governments-West, 1999-present

Member, Idaho Falls Education Advisory Council, 1998-present

Rotarian, Idaho Falls Rotary Club, 1983-present

Member, Boy Scouts of America, present

Member/Past Chair, Ad Hoc Joint Advisory Committee on Technology, 1999-2011

Board Member, Idaho Law Review Advisory Board, College of Law, University of Idaho, 2006-2007

Chair, Eastern Idaho State Park Search Committee, 2006

Board Member, Eastern Idaho Special Services Agency, 2000-2004

Past Chair, Council of State Governments-West, 2003

Chair, Futures Committee, Council of State Governments-West, 2001-2003

Member, Committee on Judicial Independence and Judicial Integrity, Idaho State Bar, 2000-2002

Participant, Project Israel Interchange, American Jewish Committee & Council of State Governments, 2000

Past Toll Fellow, Council of State Governments, 1999

Member, Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium Organ Fund, 1989-1990

Board Member/Officer, Bankruptcy Law Section, Idaho State Bar, 1983-1988

Chair, Commercial Bankruptcy Law Section, Idaho State Bar, 1988

Chair, Bankruptcy Law Section, Idaho State Bar, 1986-1987

Co Chair, Bonneville County Young Republicans, 1982-1984

Awards:

Idaho Republican Hall of Fame, Legislator of the Year, 2006;
National Leadership Award, State Government Affairs Council, 2004, 2009;
Professor Boyd Martin Award, Idaho Association of Cities, 2010;
Angel in Adoption Award, 2011;
Legislator of the Year, Idaho Library Association, 2012;
Special Recognition for Extraordinary Contributions to the Improved Administration of Justice in Idaho, Idaho Judicial Conference, 2010;
Professor Boyd A. Martin Award, Idaho Association of Cities, 2010

Number of Grandchildren:

13 Grandchildren