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
- 2011 American Conservative Union "Defender of Liberty"
- 2013 ACU Conservative Award
- 2013 Virginia Chamber, Advocate in Legal Reform
- 2013 Virginia League of Conservation Voters, Legislative Leadership Award
- 2014 Virginia Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Child Advocate Award
- 2014 Friend of the Virginia Small Family Farmer Award for SB 51 "Freedom to Farm"
- 2014 Sierra Club, Leadership Award
- 2014 Virginia Retail Merchants Association, Legislator of the Year
- 2014 Virginia Chamber, Champion of Free Enterprise
- 2016 Virginia Chamber, Distinguished Advocate for Virginia Business Award
- 2017 Virginia League of Conservation Voters, Legislative Leadership Award
- 2017 Virginia State Police, Legislator of the Year
- 2017 Sierra Club, Outstanding Achievement for Leadership on "Orphan" Oil and Gas Wells
- 2017 American Council of Engineering Companies of Virginia, Senator of the Year
- 2018 Virginia Circuit Court Clerks, Legislator of the Year
- 2018 Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Legislator of the Year