With over 4 decades of State Park work, Sam was appointed Chief of the WV State Parks System in 2014. Along the way he worked at Twin Falls, North Bend, Moncove Lake, Greenbrier Forest and Stonewall Resort State Park. He retired as Chief of State Parks in 2019 but continued to work part time on special assignments throughout the park system.
In 2020, he returned to full time work as the General Manger of Canaan Valley Resort until his retirement in 2022. Currently, Sam serves as the Executive Director of WV TRAIL.
Sam also serves on the boards of the Statewide State Park Foundation, the State Parks Endowment Fund and the Statewide Physical Activity Plan as well as other park foundations.