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Jane Gray Nelson's Biography

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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

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