American Fisheries Society

      -History Section; Secretary/Treasurer (2004-present)         

      -Catfish Technical Committee, Southern Division, Chair (2003-2006)

      -Resolutions Committee, Southern Division, Chair (2000-2003)

      -Ballot Committee; Parent Society, Chair (2003-2004)      

      -Crappie Symposium Editor (2000-2002)

      -Excellence in Education Award Committee (2000-2002) 

      -Warmwater Streams Committee member (1998-present)

      -Alabama Chapter Nominations Committee (1996-present)

      -Education Section Secretary/Treasurer (1997-1999)

      -Catfish 2000 Lead Editor (1997-1999)

      -Program Committee Co-Chair 1996 Southern Division Mid-year Meeting

      -Student Perspectives page, Fisheries, Editor (1991-1992)

Alabama Fisheries Association, Steering Committee (1995-present)

Midsouth Aquatic Plant Society Member (1996-present)

Phi Kappa Phi, Scholarship Committee (2005-present)

2003, STAR award; U.S. Geological Survey award for exemplary performance- Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

2000, Adjunct Assistant Professor status in School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University