He has served continuously on the Ohio MHA board of directors since 1969 and is past-president of the association. As an MHI member, he played a key role in establishing the role of HUD in manufactured housing. He is a leader in the development of land-lease communities and of subdivisions for mixed site-built and manufactured housing. He is a board member of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation. He is a second-generation inductee, his father, Floyd having been inducted in 1981.

He has been responsible for the planning of over 450,000 homesites in over 1,000 developed communities. He is a long time member and board member of MHI and the Michigan MHA of which he is a past-president. He was the MHI supplier person of the year in 2001.