| ABOUT THE REPRESENTATIVE
District
Rep. Nancy DeBoer was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2022. DeBoer represents the 86th District, (Greater Holland area) which includes portions of Allegan and Ottawa counties and specifically the City of Holland, most of Holland Township and all of Park and Laketown townships.
Committees
Rep. DeBoer serves on the House Appropriations Committee. She is the Republican vice chair of the School Aid and Michigan Department of Education Subcommittee and also sits on the subcommittees on Higher Education and Community Colleges, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, and Department of Insurance and Financial Services.
Education
Nancy attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids where she received a B.A. degree in Secondary Education and has taken 20 hours of post graduate classes at WMU. Nancy is also a graduate of Leadership Holland.
Professional and personal background
Nancy was a member of Holland's City Council starting in 2005, before becoming the first woman elected as mayor in Holland in 2015, serving two terms through 2019.
Nancy led all public meetings, was the public face and voice for the city, on numerous committees, led the $17.5 million community effort to renovate the Civic Center without increasing taxes, closed the city coal powerplant to build a new $260 million state-of-the-art natural gas power plant which lowered electrical prices by 10% across the city. Nancy oversaw the added block of business development, parking garage, theater and restaurants and condos, hosted the state conference for the Michigan Municipal League, approved over 2,500 units of housing developments for various income levels, expanded the city's snowmelt system to become the largest in North America, began community waterfront study process, and expanded fiber broadband service throughout the downtown.
During her tenure WalletHub gave Holland the award as "The Best Small City to Start a Business" for four straight years, and Holland received the "Most Beautiful City" award from America in Bloom.
Nancy has served as a trustee on the Michigan Municipal League Board, and as the Assistant Director for She Leads Michigan and She Leads America. She has co-hosted broadcasts for women of faith across the state and nation. She has also worked as a radio talk show host and producer, Co-Founder and Executive Director of West Michigan Character Council, and was a high school English teacher.
DeBoer is heavily involved in her community, having served on the following committees- Community Development Committee, Windmill Island Strategic Planning and Business Committees, Parks and Recreation Committee, Holland in Bloom Committee, Farmer's Market Committee, Civic Center Committee, Holland Energy Labeling Committee, and the Holland Youth Advisory Committee.
Nancy was born in Grand Rapids and is married to her husband, Jim, who was a public school teacher for 30 years and is currently a Professor at Hope College. Jim and Nancy have three children. |