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Carol Holden is the Vice Chairman of the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners. In 1997 she resigned her position as Assistant Majority Leader in the NH House of Representatives to accept a panel of Superior Court Judges’ nomination to the post of County Commissioner. She has won reelection three times. For six years (1997-2003), Carol was an officer of the New Hampshire Association of Counties (NHAC). In addition, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Counties (NACo) and is Vice President of National Conference of Republican County Officials (NCRCO). During Carol’s thirteen years (1984-1997) of service in the NH House, she chaired the Children, Youth and Juvenile Justice Committee; and co-chaired the Constitutional and Statutory Revision Committee. She authored numerous election laws during her tenure in the House. Her other elected offices include Delegate to the 1984 Constitutional Convention and Amherst School District Moderator (1990-present). Commissioner Holden has been active member of the Republican Party. Some of the positions she has held are: Area Vice-Chair District 3 State Republican Executive Committee (Nashua, Manchester and the 29 towns); Co-Chair Hillsborough County Bush 2004 Campaign; and Incorporator, Vice Chair and Program Director Vesta Roy Series Excellence in Public Service Series. She is a Past President of the Amherst Area Republican Women’s Club, a Past President of the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women and a former Board Member of the National Federation of Republican Women. Some of Commissioner Holden’s community activities include President, NH Partners in Education, Alumnae Association Board of Directors Trinity College (DC), President, Boston College Club of NH, Junior League of Boston and Vice President of NH PTA Board of Directors. Currently she serves on the Board of Trustees of Child and Family Services and on the Board of Nashua Community Council. Carol Holden grew up in Needham, MA. She received her B.A. degree in Political Science from Trinity College (D.C.) and her M.A.T degree in Political Science from Boston College. She has been a secondary school teacher, a volunteer coordinator, and a political office holder. The Commissioner’s hobbies are traveling, sailing, giving tennis lessons, reading and cross country skiing. Carol has been married to her husband Don, a computer security consultant, for forty years. They have four grown children and three grandsons. Don and Carol are not empty nesters as they have a Newfoundland dog and a Maine Coon cat. Return to Directors page |
CAROL H. HOLDEN