Majority Caucus Secretary, North Carolina State Senate, 2011-present
Member, United States Ship North Carolina Battleship Commission
Former Member, Appropriations/Base Budget Committee, North Carolina State Senate
Former Co-Chair, Finance Committee, North Carolina State Senate
Former Chair, Mental Health and Youth Services Committee, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, North Carolina State Senate

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
Member, Board of Directors, Kan-La-Con Community Concert Association, 1975-1985
President, Board of Directors, Kan-La-Con Community Concert Association, 1980-1985
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Cabarrus County Bar Association
Volunteer, Cabarrus Winter Night Shelter
Member, Concord Rotary
Lincolnton Chair, Board of Directors, First Citizens Bank and Trust
Member, Advisory Board, Help Line of Cabarrus County
President, Lincoln County Public Education Foundation
President, Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce
President, Lincolnton Rotary Club
Member, McGill Baptist Church
Member, Regional Advisory Board, Museum of the New South
Member, National Association of Social Security Claimant's 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