Former Member, Senate Education Committee, South Carolina

Senator, South Carolina State Senate, 1992-2016

Representative, South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1979-1992

Former Member, Economic Development Committee

Chairman, Joint Study Committee on Criminal Domestic Violence

Former Chair, Liaison Commission on Small Business

Former Member, Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, South Carolina

Former Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee, South Carolina

Former Member, Senate Rules Committee, South Carolina

Member, Tax Study Commission, 1998

Director of Safety, Alice Manufacturing Company, 1981-present

Member, Advisory Board, Rocky Bottom Camp of the Blind

Member, Lions Club of Dacusville

Board Member, Partnership for Academic and Career Education

Moderator, Pickens First Baptist Church

Member, Pickens First Baptist Church

Sunday School Teacher, Pickens First Baptist Church

Former Board Chairman, South Carolina 4-H Foundation

Former Board Member, South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments

Member, Southern Legislative Conference

Chairman, Governor's School-to-Work Council, 1997-1999

Member, Advisory Board, Pickens First National Bank, 1987-1990

President, Pickens County United Way, 1983