Senator, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, District 36, 2007-2014

Member, Advisory Committee on Disposition of Commonwealth Farmland

Member, Agriculture Advisory Board to Department of Environmental Protection

Member, Agriculture Air Quality Task Force

Member, Animal Health and Diagnostic Commission

Member, Beef Quality Assurance Group

Member, Beef Task Force

Member, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Caucus

Member, Children’s Environmental Health Caucus

Member, Community College Caucus

Member, Counter-Terrorism Task Force

Member, Ephrata Area Education Foundation Board

Member, FRRCC, East Pennsylvania Advisory Board

Member, Food Employee Certification Advisory Board

Member, Joint House and Senate Autism Caucus

Member, Joint House and Senate Fair Caucus

Former Member, Local Government Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate

Member, Lupus Caucus

Member, Not for Profit Caucus

Member, Octorara Regional Economic Development Council

Member, Pennsylvania Agricultural Advisory Committee

Member, Pennsylvania Agriculture Fair Advisory Committee

Chair, Pennsylvania Delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission

Member, Pennsylvania Energy Advisory Board

Member, Pennsylvania Legislative Hunger Caucus

Member, Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsman Caucus

Member, Pennsylvania State Planning Board

Member, Pro-Life Caucus

Member, Senate Family Caucus

Member, Senate Firefighters and EMS Caucus

Member, South Central Pennsylvania Counter-Terrorism Task Force

Member, State Agriculture Land Preservation Board

Member, State Agriculture and Rural Youth Development Board

Member, Susquehanna River Legislative Caucus

Chair, Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2009

Vice-Chair, Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2008

Experience, Agronomist

Experience, CEO

Board Member, Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center Board of Directors

Member, Board of Directors, State Agriculture and Rural Leaders

Member, Board of Sustainable Agriculture

Member, Cooper Hill Sportsmen Club

Member, Dairy Stakeholders Group

Member, Eastern Regional Conference of the Council of State Governments, Agriculture Committee

Member, Ephrata Area Chamber of Commerce

Member, Farm Foundation and Bennett Round Table

Member, Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Member, Lancaster Evangelical Church

Member, Lancaster-York Heritage Region Board

Member, Millcreek Sportsmen Club

Member, Millport Conservancy

Member, National Rifle Association

Member, Penn-Ag Industries

Member, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau

Member, Pennsylvania Grange

Member, Pennsylvania State Planning Board

Member, State Association of Rural Leaders

Member, University of Pennsylvania Board of Overseers