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- Professional Insurance Agents Associations
- Society of Certified Insurance Counselors
- Independent Insurance Agents Association of America
- Independent Insurance Agents Association of Virginia
- National Association of Surety Bond Procedures
- Wise County Chamber of Commerce

- Charter member and officer - Big Stone Gap Jaycees
- Past President and current member - Big Stone Gap Kiwanis
Club
- Director - Dominion Bank, Roanoke Virginia
- Director - First Union Bank Regional Board, Virginia
- Past President and executive board - Lonesome Pine Hospital
- Administrator - Virginia Independent Coal Operators
Association
- Board of Directors - Virginia Mining Association
- Deacon and current member - First Baptist Church - Big
Stone Gap, Virginia
- Board of Directors - Powell Valley National Bank
- Board of Governors - Wellmont Foundation
- Executive Board - Wellmont Lonesome Pine Hospital
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- Graduate of Powell Valley High School in 1964.
- Attained a Bachelor of Science Degree from East
Tennessee State University in 1969.
- Earned a Masters of Business Administration Degree from
East Tennessee State University in 1971.
- Finished the Quartermaster Officers Basic Course and the
Petroleum Officers Course in Fort Lee, Virginia in 1971. He served as an
officer in the United States Army from 1971-1974.

- Started with South-West Insurance Agency in 1974.
- Became President in 1979.
- Became Chief Executive Officer of the Agency in 1995.

- Bachelor of Science Degree Insurance
Insurance Major Accounting Minor, East Tennessee State
University
- Masters of Business Administration, East Tennessee State
University
- Certified
Insurance Counselors since 1980.
- Minimum of 20 hours of specialized Insurance
continuing Education classes per year since 1980.
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