Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 23, 2010-2021

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 23, 2018

Mayor, City of Waynesboro, 2003-2007

Former Vice Chair, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Georgia State Senate Appropriations Committee

Former Member, Georgia State Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee

Former Secretary, Georgia State Senate Education & Youth Committee

Former Member, Georgia State Senate Education Committee

Former Member, Georgia State Senate Ethics Comittee

Former Member, Georgia State Senate Higher Education Committee

Chair, Georgia State Senate Judiciary Noncivil Committee

Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Judicial, Georgia State Senate

Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Merrill & Stone, Limited Liability Company, 1986-present

Criminal Justice Professor, East Georgia State College

Attorney, Gardner, Willis & Sweat, 1981-1986

Member, Downtown Development Authority, 2003-present

Member, Waynesboro Historic Preservation Commission, 2003-present

Former Vice Chair, 12th Congressional District Republican Committee

Former Chair, Administrative Chair, Swainsboro First Methodist

Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America

Former Member, Burke Countians Against Domestic Violence

Former President, Burke County Genealogical Society

Former Member, Burke County Health Department Board

Former Chair, Burke County Republican Party

Former Member, Central Savannah River Area Regional Development Council Board

Former Vice Chair, East Georgia State College Foundation

Former Member, Georgia-Carolina Boy Scout Council

Former Secretary, Middle Judicial Circuit Bar Association

Former Member, Old Fella Animal Rescue

Former Member/Volunteer, Parent Teacher Organization

Former Member, Rotary Club

Former Chair, State Bar's Agricultural Law Section

Former President, Swainsboro Primary Parent-Teacher Organization