Full Name:
Jane Gray Nelson
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Mike; 5 Children
Birth Date:
10/05/1951
Birth Place:
Hamilton, OH
Home City:
Flower Mound, TX
Religion:
Christian
BS, Education, University of North Texas, 1972
Secretary of State, State of Texas, 2022-present
Former Member, State Affairs Committee, Texas State House of Representatives
Senator, Texas State Senate, District 12, 1993-2022
Candidate, Texas State Senate, District 12, 2020
Member, State Board of Education, 1988-1992
Former Member, Committee of the Whole Senate, Texas State Senate
Former Chair, Finance Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Government Organization Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Co-Chair, Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee, Texas State Senate
Co-Chair, Joint Select Committee on Criminal Commitments of Individuals with Mental Retardation
Former Member, Open Government Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Matters, Texas State Senate
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Medicaid, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Texas State Senate
Co-Owner, Mayday Manufacturing
Community Education Instructor, 1980-1989
Teacher, Arlington Independent School District, 1973-1978
Member, Board of Directors, Texas Women's Alliance
Member, Board of Trustees, American Enterprise Forum
Founder, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Co-Chair, Caring for Children Foundation of Texas
Member, Chamber of Commerce
Member, Delta Zeta Sorority
Member, Institute for Republican Women
Member, Lewisville Community Action League
Founder, Local Drug and Alcohol Abuse Task Force
Lifetime Member, Parent Teacher Association
Chair, Republican Women Leaders Forum of Texas
Member, TPC Task Force on Family
Member, Texans for Safe Roads Advisory Board
Member, Texas Arts Council Advisory Committee
Member, Texas Cancer Council
Member, Texas Parent Teacher Association
Member, Texas Technology Education Advisory Council
Awards:
Champion for Free Enterprise, National Federation of Independent Business
Champion for Children, CASA
National Distinguished Advocacy Award, American Cancer Society
Father's Name:
Robert Gray
Favorite Book:
The Bible, Mysteries
Favorite Movie:
Gone With The Wind
Favorite Musician:
The Beatles
Favorite Quote:
"...to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Favorite TV Shows:
Saturday morning cartoons with my grandchildren.
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Fishing, Gardening, Traveling, NASCAR, Spending Time with Family (Especially my grandchildren!)
Mother's Name:
Edna Gray