Member/Past President, Mid-East Ohio Vocational School Board

Vice President/District 9 Representative, State Board of Education

Member/Past President, Zanesville City School Board of Education

Candidate, Ohio House of Representatives, District 94, 2008

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 18, 2006

State Board, Education in the New Global Economy Committee

Experience, Governor's Commission for Teaching Success

Joint Council, Ohio Board of Regents and State Board of Education

Experience, Ohio Foreign Language Advisory Council

Experience, Ohio Leadership Advisory Council

Teacher, Zanesville City Schools

Member, Coshocton County/Muskingum County, Ohio Farm Bureau

Past Chair, Executive Board, Goodwill Industries

Executive Board, James Madison Family Literacy Center

Merit Badge Counselor, Muskingum Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America

Central Area Director, National Association of State Boards of Education

Advocates Organization, Ohio State State University

Past President, Zanesville Alumni Association