State Representative Nancy Todd (D-Aurora) is the Colorado State Representative for District 41. She was elected in 2004 and is serving in the fourth year of her second term.  Representative Todd is the Vice Chair of the State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee, as well as a member of the Education Committee.  Representative Todd has served on the interim Health Care Task Force, the Minority Success Task Force for Higher Education, the Workforce Development Council, Governor Owens’ Alignment Council for Education, the Commission of Higher Education, the Commission for Early Childhood and School Readiness, and the sub committee for Preparation and Transition for Governor Ritter’s P-20 Council. She served on the Service Academy Nomination Review Board for former U.S. Senator Ken Salazar.  Representative Todd currently serves as the vice chair of the Education committee for Council of State Government (CSG West), a member of the executive committee for Military and Veterans Affairs for National Conference for state legislators (NCSL), and is a state director for Women in Government (WIG).

In 2010 Representative Todd was presented the Alumni Legislative Award for the University of Colorado Denver and the United Veterans Committee Distinguished Legislative Award. 

Representative Todd’s leadership is evident with her selection as a 2009 Toll Fellow for the Council of State Government.  She was also awarded the Distinguished Service Outside the Profession by the Colorado Art Education Association in 2009, and was  a recipient of the 2008 Colorado Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance recognition award.
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Representative Todd  was selected as a 2007 Fellow in the Flemming Leadership Institute, a program from the Center for Policy Alternatives.  In 2007, Representative Todd was awarded the Legislator of the Year from the Early Childhood and School Readiness Commission, the Friend of Home Care in Colorado award, and a Champion for Mental Health from the Aurora Mental Health Center.

Representative Todd is a graduate of the 2006 Western Leadership Academy for the Council of State Government (CSG West).  She was named as the 2006 Legislator of the Year for the Colorado University Health Sciences Center, the Colorado Community Colleges, and as an outstanding legislator by Aurora Mental Health.  She was selected as one of two State Representatives from the United States to attend the 2006 International Institute of Religion and Politics in Rome, Italy.

In 2005 Representative Todd was invited to join the Colorado elected officials trip to Israel by the Jewish Community Relations Council to study agriculture, security, health care, government, and religious cultures.  She also participated in the Women in Government International trip to Portugal and Spain, interacting with government officials regarding education and health care issues.

Representative Todd was a professional educator for twenty-five years in the Cherry Creek School District 5, and has lived in the Eastridge community in Aurora for over thirty years.  In 2003, Representative Todd was awarded the Colorado Mother of the Year.  She served as the literacy chairman of the National Board of American Mothers, Inc. and was recognized as the 2003 Patriot Educator of the Year by the American Legion.  She currently serves on the boards of the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA), Ridge View Academy, a juvenile corrections/education facility, Fitzsimmons Veterans Nursing Home, Arapahoe House, and the Mile High Lung Association.  She is a member of the Aurora Rotary Club, the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, American Association University Women, Greenwood Community Church, PEO, and a Star supporter for the Aurora Fox Theater.

Representative Todd received her bachelor’s in education from the University of Kansas in 1970 and a master’s in reading from the University of Northern Colorado in 1990.  She has been married for 39 years to Terry, a retired teacher and retired Colonel in the Army Reserves.  They have two grown married sons, two granddaughters, and a black Labrador retriever who loves to recycle.