• Nevada Assembly, 2007-2009 (first elected November 2006)

• Nevada Senate, 2011 (first elected November 2010) - Minority Whip, 2011

• Nevada Tax Commission's Blue Ribbon Property Tax Commission

• Member, Nevada Tax Commission's Blue Ribbon Subcommittee to Study Property Taxes, 2007

• Past Chair, United States Small Business Administration Region IX Regulatory Fairness Board

• Chair, Nevada State Conservation Commission

• Chair, Carson Valley Conservation District

• Member, Farm Service Agency Community Outreach Committee

• American Farmer Degree

• Outstanding Young Farmer for Nevada

• Graduate, Leadership Douglas County

• Member, Douglas County Republican Central Committee

• Western Legislative (Leadership) Academy, The Council of State Governments-WEST

• Legislative Academy, National Conference for State Legislatures

• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Agricultural Education/Agricultural Science