City of Henderson Councilwoman

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Office Telephone: (702) 267-2404
Office Fax: (702) 267-2081

As a Nevada resident for more than 40 years, Debra March has built a career of helping our community and our state be a better place to live. After graduating from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, she served as a state park ranger in rural Nevada where she promoted the value of parks and open spaces for a healthy quality of life.

Debra moved to Southern Nevada as Deputy Administrator with the Nevada Real Estate Division, creating and implementing policies to make it easier for residents to become homeowners, and from 1996 to 2009, she led efforts for the development of livable communities as the Director of UNLV’s Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies.

With a demonstrated passion for smart growth, citizen involvement and sustainable community planning, Debra was appointed to represent Henderson’s Ward II residents in July 2009 and was subsequently elected to full terms in April 2011 and April 2015. Councilwoman March serves with the mayor and fellow council members as the legislative branch of the Henderson community, responsible for setting policies that have earned the city the reputation of being one of the best places to live.

Councilwoman March was named mayor pro tempore in July 2015. In addition to serving on the city’s Ethics Committee, the mayor pro tempore performs mayoral duties during the absence or disability of the mayor.

Councilwoman March represents Henderson as a vice chair on the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada Board of Commissioners, vice chair of the Clark County Regional Flood Control District Board of Directors and serves as the council liaison to the Henderson Planning Commission. Additionally, she is the chair of Southern Nevada Strong which is overseen by the Regional Transportation Commission.

In 2014, Councilwoman March was appointed to the National League of Cities First Tier Suburbs Council and in 2015 was elected vice chair of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.

She is a current board member, founding member and former vice chair of the Urban Land Institute Nevada District Council; graduate of Leadership Las Vegas Class of 1991; former board member of Nevada HAND; and served as President of the Nevada League of Cities and Municipalities from 2012 to 2013. She is also a member of the Boulder Highway Investment Strategy and the Regional Rapid Transit Authority Advisory Committees. Additionally, Councilwoman March is a volunteer with the Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies and is a past national board member of the American Planning Association. She was named to the Advisory Board of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, Roseman University of Health Science MBA Advisory Board and also serves as a member of the bi-state I-11 Corridor Study Committee.

A Henderson resident for more than 25 years, Councilwoman March has a long track record of service to the city and her community. She serves on the Chairman’s Council of the Henderson Community Foundation; as a member of the Henderson Open Space and Trails Advisory and Henderson Limited Transition Area Committees; and served on the City of Henderson Planning Commission from 2004 to 2009. A member of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce board of directors, Debra was on the founding board and first year advance chair of Leadership Henderson.

In recognition of her contributions to the community, Councilwoman March was named the Public Official of the Year in 2013 by the NLC&M, NAIOP Southern Nevada Chapter Associate Member of the Year and Citizen of the Year by the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

09/2015