He moved to Mountain Home in 1979, after finishing medical school and surgical residency at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. He has served as President of the North Arkansas Council for the Arts, as a Board Member of the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce and as Chief of Medical Staff and Board Member of the Baxter Regional Medical Center. He has also served as Cubmaster, Scoutmaster and Eagle Scout Advisor for the Boy Scouts. He continues to support soccer in this area as President of the North Central Arkansas Soccer Foundation. His wife, Edie, was a MH school nurse for ten years, and their two sons, Brian and Aaron, are both graduates of Mountain Home High School.