EXPERIENCE:

• Member, Senate of Virginia 2008 - present
• Commonwealth's Attorney, Westmoreland County 2004-2005
• Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, Westmoreland County 2005-2007
• Attorney, Westmoreland County School Board 2006 -2012
• US Marine Corps Reserve 1984 - 1992

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

• Woodland Academy 2002 - 2007 (past Board Chairman)
• Trustee, Westmoreland County Volunteer Fire Dept. 1999 - present
• Board of Directors, George Washington National Memorial Foundation
• Bay Trust Company
• Westmoreland Advisory Board, Bank of Lancaster
• Board of Directors, Riverside Tappahannock Hospital
• Northern Neck Land Conservancy

EDUCATION:

• Westmoreland County Public Schools (1982)
• Virginia Wesleyan College (1988)
• International Law of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
• T.C. Williams School of Law (1991)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES:

• Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources, Chairman 
• Courts of Justice, Vice-Chairman
• Finance  
• Commerce and Labor 
• Rules 

LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONS:

• Child Support Guidelines Review Panel
• Commission on Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
• Committee on District Courts
• Freedom on Information Advisory Council
• Northern Neck/Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium
• Public/Private Partnership Advisory Commission
• Rappahannock River Basin Commission
• State Water Commission
• Indigent Defense Commission

OTHER COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, ETC:

• NCSL Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce Committee
• NCSL Environment Committee
• NCSL Human Services and Welfare Committee
• SLC Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
• Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (2011 Governor's Appointment)
• Governor's Climate Change and Resiliency Update Commission

AWARDS

• 2010 Virginia Sheriffs' Association Legislator of the Year
• 2011 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Legislator of the Year
• 2013 ACU Conservative Award
• 2013 Virginia Chamber Advocate in Legal Reform
• 2013 Virginia League of Conservation Voters
• Legislative Leadership Award (SB1291)