Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert

Heidi Seevers Gansert is a Republican who represented District 15, part of Washoe County, in the Nevada Senate. She was first elected in November 2016 and served until 2024, when Angela D. Taylor was elected to the seat. She was Co-Minority Whip in 2019 and Senate Minority Leader during the 2023 session.

Before joining the Senate, Seevers Gansert represented District 25 in Washoe County in the Nevada Assembly from 2004 to 2010. She served as Assembly Republican Leader and earlier as Assistant Minority Leader and Minority Whip, and sat on the Ways and Means, Commerce and Labor, and Elections committees. From January 2011 to September 2012 she was chief of staff to Governor Brian Sandoval.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Santa Clara University and an MBA from the University of Nevada, Reno. She has served on the board of the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada and was an Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership in 2009. She was born in Reno in 1963.

Source: Nevada Legislature member profile, 82nd (2023) session.