• Nevada Senate, 2012 - Present (first elected November 2012)

• Minority Floor Leader, 2011-2012

• Minority Whip, 2007-2010

• Nevada Assembly, 2002-2012 (first elected November 2002)

• Member, State Land Use Planning Advisory Council

• Member, Nevada Grazing Board of Districts No. 4 and 6

• Member, Central Committee of Nevada State Grazing Boards

• Director, Nevada Water Resource Association

• Eureka Volunteer Fire Department

• Rodeo Club, Eureka High School

• Nevada Cattlemen's Association

• Nevada Water Resource Association

• E Clampus Vitus

• Snowshoe Thompson Chapter, Carson City, Nevada

• Humboldt River Authority

• Nevada Rural Health Centers

• Western States Coalition

• Nevada Association of Counties

• White Pine County Schools

• Eureka County High School

• Utah State University

• Commissioner, Eureka County (sixteen years)