President, Southern College Student Body, 1990-1991. Chairman, New Hanover County Republican Party, 1997-2001. Member: Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorneys 1997-2012; Board of Trustees, Lower Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, 2006. Trustee, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, 1999-2002. Chief Legal Counsel, NC Republican Party, 2002-2004. Board Member, Coastal Horizons of North Carolina, 2003-2004. Award Winner, Legal Elite, Business North Carolina Magazine, 2007 and 2009. Senator, Ninth District, North Carolina State, 2004. North Carolina State Senator, 2004; New Hanover County Commissioner 2012-present; Chairman of the New Hanover County Commission 2012-2014. Chairman of the Board 2-16-2018; Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees 2013-2015; University of North Carolina at Wilmington Board of Trustees 2018 - present; New Hanover County Port, Waterway, Beach Commission, 2014-present; Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, 2013-present.