Nancy A. Boxill

District 6

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Nancy A. Boxill is the Fulton County Commissioner representing District 6, which consists of portions of the central and eastern sections of the city of Atlanta.

Commissioner Boxill is the first woman to serve on the seven-member Fulton County Board of Commissioners. In 1987, she was appointed interim commissioner for District 6 by then-Governor Joe Frank Harris. Commissioner Boxill won an election in June 1988 for the remaining two years of that unexpired term, and was re-elected by constituents in November 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002.

Commissioner Boxill is also the first woman to serve as vice chair. In the fall of 1993, she was selected by her Commission colleagues to serve as vice chair when the designated chair resigned to run for another office. She served in that capacity from October through November. In January 1997, Commissioner Boxills colleagues voted her to a full two-year term as vice chair.

Commissioner Boxills major interests parallel her professional endeavors as a psychologist, focusing on issues that affect women, children and the homeless population. She has been a tireless champion for the arts, serving as a board member of the National Black Arts Festival since its inception. She played a lead role in the creation of the West End Performing Arts Center, which is located in the space formerly occupied by the West End Branch Library. Commissioner Boxill serves on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Opera and the Herndon Foundation Board of Trustees. She serves as chair to the Fulton/Atlanta Land Bank Authority; vice chair to the Atlanta/Fulton County Recreation Authority; member, Atlanta Development Authority; and member of the National Association of Counties Large Urban Counties Steering Committee.

The holder of a doctorate degree in child psychology, Commissioner Boxill is a part-time faculty member of The Union Institute Graduate School in Cincinnati. She is a consultant for psychological services to groups and individuals and has written extensively about psychosocial issues.

Born in New York City, Commissioner Boxill has lived in Atlanta since 1971. She earned a bachelors degree in psychology from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, a masters degree from the New School for Social Research in New York City, and her doctorate from Union Graduate School in Cincinnati. She did post-graduate study at Merrill-Palmer Institute in Detroit.