Experience
Education
  • Duke University, B.A., Political Science
  • Varsity letterman football; athletic scholarship
  • Wake Forest University, J.D.; Student Bar President
  • U.S. Army War College, Class of 2006
Awards
  • Canton Papertown Association Person of the Year, 1998
  • Pisgah High School Athletic Hall of Fame, 1999
  • Haywood County Rotary Club Citizen of the Year, 2003
Military
  • Lt. Colonel, Ret., North Carolina Army National Guard
  • Branch qualified: Infantry, Military Police, Combat Engineer
  • Former detachment company and batallion commander
  • Former site commander, Camp Butner, Butner, N.C.
Political
  • Mayor, Town of Canton
  • Chairman, 2003 Vance-Aycock Dinner
  • Former County Chairman, North Carolina Democratic Party Executive Committee
  • Member, North Carolina Local Government Commission
Legal
  • Attorney for Haywood County School Board and Haywood Community College
 
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