Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2010. Member of the House since 2011.

Current Assignments

2013- Deputy Minority Whip

2015 Environment and Transportation Committee

2015 Natural Resources, Agriculture & Open Space Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee

2015 Environment Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee

2015 Joint Committee on Protocol

2015 Maryland Veterans Caucus

2011- Chair, Somerset County House Delegation

2011 Member, Eastern Shore Delegation (Chair 2019)

Past House Service

Environmental Matters Committee, 2011-2015; Agriculture, Agriculture Preservation, and Open Space Subcommittee of the Environmental Matters Committee, 2011-2015; Natural Resources Subcommittee of the Environmental Matters Committee, 2011-2015.

Public Service

Local (Video Lottery) Development Ccouncil, Worcester County, 2014-; Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Workgroup, 2013-2015; Nutrient Management Advisory Committee, 2011-; Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2011-; Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2011-; Former Member, Somerset County Committee, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Memberships

Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2011-; President, Wicomico County Farm Bureau; Treasurer, Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board; Board of Directors, Maryland Farm Bureau; Charter Member, Mt. Vernon Volunteer Fire Department; American Society of Agronomy; Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.; National Rifle Association; Somerset Ruritan Club, Scholarship Committee; Maryland Grain Producers' Association; Past Chair, Agri-Business Committee, Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce; Past Chair, Business and Professions Committee; Past President, Somerset County Farm Bureau.

Awards

Medal of Achievement, Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc., 2016; Excellence in Crop Advising Award, American Society of Agronomy, 2008.

Biographical Information

Born, Salisbury, Maryland, February 15, 1964; Washington High School, 1982; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), B.S., Animal Science, 1986; Farmer; Sales Representative, The William B. Tilghman Co., 1986-87; Field Representative, Maryland Farm Bureau, 1987-95; Certified Crop Consultant and Sales Representative, The Farmers & Planters Co., Inc., 1995-; Member and Treasurer, John Wesley United Methodist Church, Mt. Vernon.