• First President of Watauga County Christmas Tree Association 1980-1982
• President of North Carolina Christmas Tree Association 1992-1994
• Chairman of the 1998 National Christmas Tree Association Convention in Asheville NC; the 1998 Convention was and still is the best attended and most profitable convention in NCTA history
• National Christmas Tree Association Board of Directors 1999-2007
• Testified before the United States House Agriculture Committee on reform of the H2A guest workers program in October of 2007

Awards

• Watauga County Soil & Water Conservation Farm Family of the Year 1987
• Meritorious Service Award from the North Carolina Christmas Tree Industry
• Watauga County Christmas Tree Association Outstanding Service Award