Member/President, Hastings City Council

Lieutenant Governor, State of Nebraska, 2005-2013

Mayor, City of Hastings, 2000-2004

Member, Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Response Team

Former Board Member, Hastings Housing Authority

Member, Homeland Security Advisors Council

Member, Nebraska Emergency Medical Services Board

Chair, Nebraska Information Technology Commission

Member, Nebraska State Trauma Advisory Board

Emergency Medical Technician/Field Supervisor/Market General Manager, Rural/Metro Ambulance, 1982-2005

Board Member, Crane Meadows

Member, Executive Committee, Cottonwood Festival

Former Chair, Hastings Chamber of Commerce

Member, Hastings Noon Rotary

Former President, Hastings Sertoma Club

Former Board Member, Hastings Young Men's Christian Association

Board Member, Mary Lanning Hospital Foundation

Member, National Governors Association

Former Member, National League of Cities, Public Safety Crime Prevention Committee

Chair, Nebraska Partners in Prevention

Former Board Member, Nebraska Rural Health Association