He served as the Dean of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire from 2007 to 2013, overseeing major developments at the school.

[4] Innis was a Republican candidate in the 2014 election for the United States House of Representatives in New Hampshire for the 1st congressional district.

Before suspending his campaign, he was slated to face incumbent Frank Guinta and Jamieson Gradert in the Republican primary on September 13, 2016.

[5] In December 2015, Innis asked his supporters to make year-end contributions to a Manchester drug treatment center, Hope for New Hampshire, instead of to his campaign.

[8] On September 13, 2016, Innis won the Republican nomination in a four-way race for State Senate in NH District 24.