Nancy’s Background

Nancy on a Girl Scout field trip, ca. 1960’s

Nancy on a Girl Scout field trip, ca. 1960’s

Background

Born in Dallas, Texas 1951; moved to Eugene 1973.

Education

Hillcrest High School, Dallas Texas
Northwestern University, Evanston Ill.
University of Oregon, BS with Honors in urban geography. Phi Beta Kappa

Employment

Since 2007:  Oregon State Representative

Current committees:

  • House Committee on Revenue, ​​Chair

  • Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology, Co-Chair

  • Joint Committee on Transportation

  • Joint Committee on Ways and Means – Capital Construction Subcommittee

  • Joint Committee on Legislative Audits

Other legislative committees prior to 2021 (partial list):

  • Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Co-Chair

  • Joint Committee on Transportation

  • Transportation and Economic Development

  • Health Care

  • Subcommittee on Public Safety

  • Subcommittee on Human Services, Co-Chair

  • Joint Committee on Court Facilities, Co-Chair

  • Joint Committee on Court Technology, Co-Chair

  • Government Efficiency Task Force, Legislative sponsor and Chair

Prior employment

Orbis Cascade Alliance (a consortium of 37 private and public college and university libraries in Washington and Oregon): Resource Sharing Manager, Training Coordinator

University of Oregon Library: public and technical services

Photoscapes: owned and operated an entrepreneurial small business that manufactured and distributed framed scenic photographs and wood frames

Civic Offices, Boards and Commissions

Eugene City Council, elected to three terms (1993-2004)

Eugene Planning Commission, 1987-93

​​City Committees (partial list)

  • Parks, Recreation & Open Space, Chair

  • Greater Downtown Visioning, Co-chair

  • North End Downtown, Chair 

  • Parks and Open Space, Chair

  • Intergovernmental Relations; Ferry St. Bridge Citizen Advisory; Telecommunications; Affordable Housing; Automation (Chair); Public Safety; West End Planning; Downtown Design Review

Other Federal, State, and Regional Groups

  • National League of Cities (NLC): Board of Directors, 2002-04

  • NLC Information Technology and Communication Committee, Chair

  • NLC Municipalities in Transition panel, Chair

  • Federal Communications Commission Local & State Government Advisory Committee

  • Lane County Public Safety Coordinating Council 

  • Intergovernmental Human Services Committee

  • Metropolitan Area Planning Advisory Committee

  • League of Oregon Cities, Legislative/Resolutions Committee

  • Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA), Board member

  • Lane Council of Governments, Board member

  • Metropolitan Policy Committee, Board member 

  • Eugene Springfield Metro Partnership; Transportation planning stakeholders group; Land Use Measures task force

Civic Awards and Honors

Legislative Awards and Recognition

  • Special Services Award, Oregon State Pharmacy Association, 2024

  • Housing Advocate of the Year, Square One Villages, 2023

  • Excellence in Telecommunications
    Policy and Legislation, Oregon Connections Telecommunications Association, 2022

  • Outstanding Elected Official 2019, Lane Council of Governments

  • Capital Caregiver award from AARP, 2017

  • AARP Ben Westlund "Down the Trail" Award, 2017

  • Oregon Primary Care Association "Health Center Hero" Award, 2015

  • AARP Ben Westlund "Down the Trail" Award, 2015

  • Community Providers Association of Oregon: Legislative Champion Award, 2014

  • Recognition by the Oregon Alliance of Children's Programs, 2014

  • Oregon Opportunity Network Housing Champion, 2014

  • LILAC award, Lane Independent Living Alliance, 2014

  • Oregon Housing Alliance recognition, 2014

  • Health Care Hero award from Oregon Primary Care Association, 2013

  • SBHC Champion award from Oregon School-Based Health Care Network, 2013

  • Legislative Leadership Award, from Court Appointed Special Advocates, 2012

  • Children’s Champion, from Oregon Alliance of Children’s Programs, 2012

  • Oregon Partnership to Immunize Children, 2011

  • Community Hero, Eugene Parks Foundation, 2008

City Council Awards and Recognition

  • West Eugene Wetlands Award, 2005

  • James C. Richards Memorial Award, League of Oregon Cities, 2004

  • Outstanding Elected Official Award, Lane Council of Governments, 2001

Other Activities

League of Women Voters of Lane County
League of Oregon Cities, Legislative Committee
Convention and Visitors Association of Lane County, Board member
Friends of the Museum of Natural History (UO)
Tap dance instructor, private studio and community center programs