Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie


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Sheila Leslie

Office: Assembly District 27 including west-central Reno south of Interstate 80

Party: Democrat

Legislative assignments: majority whip, chairwoman Health and Human Services, vice chair of Ways and Means committees

Office: 3132

Legislative phone: (775) 684-8845

Home phone: (775) 333-6564

Address: 825 Humboldt St.

Reno, NV 89509-2009

E-mail: sleslie@asm.state.nv.us

Legislative service: elected Assembly 1999-2008

Occupation: specialty courts coordinator

Born: Nov. 6, 1955

Education: Master of Arts in Spanish language and literature, University of Nevada, Reno

Family: daughter Emma Fulkerson

Hobbies/Special Interests: traveling, hiking, skiing

Personal and professional achievements: former executive director Children's Cabinet, Nevada Association of Social Workers Citizen of the Year 1994, Outstanding Young Women of America, 1985, Peace Corps Volunteer Dominican Republic 1979-80, representative to Board of Directors National Network of Runaway and Homeless Youth Services 1992-93, Domestic Violence Prevention Council, Outstanding First-Term Legislator by the Nevada Women's Lobby 1999, Legislator of the Year by Nevada Association of Social Workers 2000, Flemming Fellow at the Center for Policy Alternatives Class of 2000, Veterans Hero Nevada Veterans Service Commission 2003, Board of Directors CASA Foundation, board of trustees KNPB Channel 5 public television, board of directors Court Appointed Special Advocates, Community Vision Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness