·         Past Chairman, Davie County Board of Commissioners

·         Vice-Chairman, Davie County Hospital Board of Trustees

·         Candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 2004

·         Author, “A Million Steps: Dan Barrett’s Run for Governor and Walk Across North Carolina”

·         Chairman, North Carolina Republican Party, Fifth Congressional District

·         Candidate for North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2008

·         Recipient of 2004 North Carolina Hospital Association Trustee Service Award

·         Recipient of the 2004 Francis W. Slate Community Service Award  

·         Recognized, along with fellow Board members, as County Commission Board of the Year by the NC School Board Association in 2001

·         ARC Member of the Year, Davie County, 2002