Commission District 4 Nancy McDermid

Party: Republican

Place of residence: Gardnerville

Occupation: Director for McDermid Management Co., LLC.

Age: 63

Contact information: 742-7540

Fax 265-5029

nancy4commissioner@charter.net

www.nancy4commissioner.com

Incumbency: Candidate for office

Education: Masters of Public Administration in Environmental Management from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, and a bachelor of arts in History and Government from Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas.

Record of service: Douglas County Planning Commission in 2001, Vice-Chair, elected in 2005, Chair, elected in 2006 and TRPA Pathway 2004 Socioeconomic Committee member.

She is a member of Barton Hospital Auxiliary-Life member and former board member; South Lake Tahoe Cancer League-Charter & Life member and former board member; Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation Board member; Business Council of Douglas County; Tahoe/Douglas Chamber of Commerce; Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Authority; Douglas County Republican Central Committee; Douglas County Republican Women; Sierra Nevada Republican Women; Soroptimist International of Carson Valley; Coventry Cross Episcopal Church; Core 24 Charities, Inc-Trustee & Treasurer; Leadership Lake Tahoe graduate. Former memberships include Chair, Parklands and Open Space Committee, City of South Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Commissioner, Coach, Referee-AYSO, South Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Lake Tahoe Nevada Republican Women, Board member, Chair of fundraisers; District Advisory Committee, Lake Tahoe Unified School District; Chair of fundraisers for South Tahoe Youth Basketball; Heavenly "Blue Angels" Ski Team-Treasurer for three years; Coach, Pop Warner Cheerleaders. Her hobbies include her grandchildren, gardening, golf, fly fishing, hiking, travel and bridge, crafts (knitting, crocheting and needlepoint.

Platform: This is a key moment in time for Douglas County. With the 10-year update of the master plan, we are in the midst of defining our future and coming to consensus on critical issues involving our quality of life, our environment, our economy and most importantly, managing our growth. As Chair of the Planning Commission, I have never been more encouraged than by the public's participation in this update process during the last year and I am truly motivated to help bring our community together and build a positive future.

The job of county commissioner is a job we do together. It is about how "we the community" achieve our goals throughout a process of access, inclusion and involvement. My education, my public service record, my hands-on knowledge of the master plan and my business experience have equipped me to help resolve the issues we now face-preserving agriculture, balanced growth, beneficial uses of our water resources, economic vitality, open space and land use, traffic, housing and zoning.

An effective county commissioner will listen to all citizens, understand all perspectives and then try to make the most appropriate decisions-which has been my approach to problem-solving on the planning commission. I have been energized by the community's input over the past four years. I believe in a bottoms-up democracy with full public participation. While realizing the democracy is a messy affair, I am encouraged by the creative solutions which emerge from the process.

I want to move forward with a positive momentum as your county commissioner. I offer a dedicated effort to help protect, preserve and enhance our county. I will be a full-time county commissioner, accessible to all, with no ties to any special interest group. Together we can accomplish what we want for a better future for our families, our economy and our environment.

Since moving to Tahoe in the late '70s and to Douglas County in 1991. I have been a community activist working to improve the quality of life. I want to help provide vision and determination in building the public-private partnership necessary to benefit us economically while protecting our incredible Lake Tahoe, our magnificent mountains, our beautiful valley and our special way of life.