• Born March 18, 1951
• Married, two children
• Project Leader / Manager (Retired)
• Methodist
• Associate's Degree in Supervision and Management, Magna Cum Laude, Roane State, 1994
• Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in 1994 and 1996 respectively
• Applied Organizational Management, Magna Cum Laude, Tusculum College, 1994

Community Involvement

• NCSL Radioactive Highlevel Waste Committee
• NCSL Agriculture & Energy Committee
• East Tennessee Economic Council Board
• East Tennessee Development District Board
• Governor's Residential Energy Workgroup
• Past member and President, Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County
• Claxton Optimist Club
• Vice-President Anderson County Fair Association Anderson County
• Anderson County/Oak Ridge Chambers of Commerce

Service in Public Office

• House member of the 103rd through 106th General Assemblies
• Vice Chair, House Consumer and Employee Affairs Committee
• Member, House Commerce Committee
• Vice Chair, House Consumer & Employee Affairs Committee
• Member, House Utilities & Banking Subcommittee
• Vice Chair, House Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
• Member, Joint Committee of Business Tax
• National Government Finance Officers' Association
• National Association of County Officials
• Past Chairman, Anderson County Civil Service Board
• Anderson County representative to the National Organization on Disability
• Anderson County Government Committees (various)
• Anderson County Tourism Association
• Past President, Claxton Optimist Club
• Past Lt. Governor Tennessee Optimist
• Past Vice President, Clinton Baseball Association Board of Directors
• Anderson County Rescue Squad Board of Directors
• Tennessee County Commissioner Association's Board of Directors and Legislative Committee
• Daniel Arthur Rehabilitation Center's Board of Directors
• 1997 Co-Chair of the United Way of Anderson County's Agent Support Committee

Honors and Awards

• 2001 ORNL Team award for Community Support
• 1997 ORNL Presidential Award for Continuous Improvement
• 1997 ORNL Presidential Award in Operations Support
• 1997 U. S. DOE Pollution Prevention Award for Most Improved Small Facility in the United States (Leadership Support
• 1997 ORNL Award for Excellence in Environmental Protection