Assistant Majority Floor Leader, Missouri State Senate

Senator, Missouri State Senate, 2002-2010

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Missouri, District 7, 2010

Experience, Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight

Experience, State Records Commission

Second State Capitol Commission, 2005

Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board, 2005

Commission on the Future of Higher Education, 2003

Experience, Missouri National Guard

President/Owner, SoMo Cable, Incorporated

Experience, United States Army

Regional Administrator, United States Small Business Administration, 1989-1993

Rural Economic Policy Working Group, 1991

Staff Director, Congressman Gene Taylor, 1973-1988

Member, American Legion, present

Member, Farm Bureau, present

Member, First United Methodist Church, present

Member, Joplin Historical Society, present

Member, Joplin Rotary Club, present

Past President, Methodist Men's Club

Member, Monett Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, present

Member, National Rifle Association, present

Member, Spiva Center for the Arts, present