Minority Caucus Vice Chair, Wisconsin State Senate, 2009
Sergeant at Arms, Majority Caucus, 2005
Member, Mississippi River Parkway Commission
Member, Steering Commission, National Farm Medicine Center
Member, Town of River Falls Land Use Planning Committee
Former Member, Advisory Council on Small Business, Agriculture, Labor
Former Member, Wisconsin State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
Former Chair, State and Federal Relations Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Commerce, Utilities, Energy and Rail Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Director, Pierce County Farm Bureau, 1982-1988
Chair, Pierce County Dairy Promotion Committee, 1986
Member, Dairy Committee, 4-H
Member, Dairy Judging Team, 4-H
Member, Luther Memorial Church
Member, Northern Edge Advisory Council
Member, Passage Foundation Awards Committee
Treasurer, Pierce County Farm Bureau
Board of Directors, Pierce-Pepin Holstein Breeders Association
Member, River Falls Transitional Housing Program
Member, Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Member, Pierce County, Wisconsin Republican Party
Member, World Dairy Center Authority
Former Board Member, Kinnickinnic River Land Trust
Former Member, Labor for Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Former Member, Wisconsin Conservation Corps Board
Former Secretary, Wisconsin Conservation Corps Board
Former Director, Wisconsin Holstein Association
Former Member, Wisconsin Future Farmers of America (FFA)
Former President, Sponsor's Board, Wisconsin Future Farmers of America Foundation
Former Chair, Sponsors Board, Wisconsin State Future Farmers of America