Senator, North Carolina State Senate, District 36, 1991-2017

Former Vice Chair, Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations on Education/Higher Education Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations on Justice and Public Policy Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations/Base Budget Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Education/Higher Education Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Finance Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Finance Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Health Care Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Judiciary I Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Chair, Mental Health and Youth Services Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Program Evaluation Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, State and Local Government Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, North Carolina State Senate

Member, United States Ship North Carolina Battleship Commission

Majority Caucus Secretary, North Carolina State Senate, 2011-2017

Attorney, Hartsell, Hartsell and White, 1972-present

First Lieutenant, United States Army, 1972

Member, Advisory Board, Help Line of Cabarrus County

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Cabarrus County Bar Association

Volunteer, Cabarrus Winter Night Shelter

Member, Concord Rotary Club

Lincolnton Chair, Board of Directors, First Citizens Bank and Trust

Member, Regional Advisory Board, Levine Museum of the New South

President, Lincoln County Public Education Foundation

President, Lincolnton Rotary Club

President, Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce

Member, McGill Baptist Church

Member, National Association of Social Security Claimants' Representatives

Member, National Association of Veterans Advocates

Member, North Carolina Bar Association

Member, North Carolina Council of School Attorneys

Member, North Carolina Society of Historians

Member, Public School Forum of North Carolina

Director, State Theater of North Carolina

Member, Board of Visitors, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Co-President, Concord High School Parent Teacher Student Organization, 1995-1996

Member, Board of Directors, Gold History Corporation, 1995

Chair, Board of Trustees, Cabarrus Academy, 1984-1988

President, Board of Directors, Kan-La-Con Community Concert Association, 1980-1985

Member, Board of Directors, Kan-La-Con Community Concert Association, 1975-1985

Number of Grandchildren:

6