Ellen Spiegel

2017 Legislative Session: Ways & Means; Taxation; Transportation (Vice Chair) 2015 Legislative Session: Health & Human Services; Government Affairs; Transportation 2013 Legislative Session: Health & Human Services (Vice Chair); Judiciary; Transportation 2009 Legislative Session: Health & Human Services; Government Affairs; Transportation

Ellen B. Spiegel, (born in 1962 in New York City, New York), is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly, first elected November 4, 2008 representing District 21 in Henderson, and since November 6, 2012 representing District 20, which is split between Henderson and unincorporated Clark County. Spiegel has lived in Henderson, Nevada's second-largest city, since 2001. Spiegel is a small-business owner, a Board member of Easter Seals Nevada, and the winner of awards from organizations including the March of Dimes, the Urban Chamber of Commerce, the Nevada Women's Lobby, and others. Spiegel was Assistant Majority Whip in the 79th Legislative Session (2017), and is one of fewer than twenty Democratic Party women to ever hold an Assembly leadership position in Nevada. She also is on the Board of Directors of the bipartisan National Association of Jewish Legislators, where she is Secretary, and chairs the bipartisan Nevada Jewish Legislative Council.