Senator Nicole Boyd Contact information

Nicole Akins Boyd, born on January 19, 1969, is an American attorney, businesswoman, teacher, volunteer, and politician. She is a Republican who has served the 9th district in the Mississippi State Senate since 2020.

Boyd grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. She is the daughter of Lafayette County Extension Home Economist, Joyce Akins, and Noal Akins, who was an educator, coach, businessman, and former representative of the 12th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012. She graduated from Oxford High School, received a B.S. from Mississippi State University, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Boyd is married to Dr. Daniel Boyd, a local physician and small-business owner, and they have two children. Her family resides in Oxford, and she is of the Baptist faith.

In the 1990s, Boyd served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in Mississippi where she litigated to protect the state’s natural resources and Sixteenth Section lands and advocated for children and family issues. While working for the Attorney General, she served as the Division Director of the Youth Services Division which passed legislation and enforced laws to protect minors from alcohol and tobacco and worked on a variety of issues including school safety, substance abuse, and childhood wellness.

In 1998, Boyd helped establish and lead the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi. As the director of this non-profit health care organization, the organization’s work and dedication led to an 88% reduction in Mississippi teenage smoking rates. The organization also worked in Mississippi classrooms developing educational materials to integrate into the existing state curriculum which included a program to compensate teachers for training time and reward them for developing additional materials.

As a mother of a child with special needs, Boyd has volunteered over the past 13 years as an attorney and counselor to Mississippi families of special needs children as well as advocated at almost every level of government specifically testified before Congress to successfully get legislation passed regarding education, insurance, and disability reform.

She was appointed by the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and State Superintendent of Education to serve and led numerous state educational, autism, and early childhood boards and tasks forces.