- Donnalee Lozeau
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Donnalee Lozeau is the current mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire, in the United States. She is Nashua's first female mayor. Prior to becoming mayor she was a New Hampshire State Representative for sixteen years.
Mayor Donnalee Lozeau was elected the 55th Mayor of the City of Nashua in 2008. In that capacity she also serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee and the Board of Public Works.
Mayor Lozeau’s public service career began in 1984 when she was elected state representative from Nashua Ward 5. During her 16 years in the legislature, Mayor Lozeau was a leader on criminal justice, housing, healthcare, and youth programs, and tackled key issues including kindergarten, school funding, juvenile justice, and the death penalty. As Deputy Speaker of the House in 1998, Mayor Lozeau was named to New Hampshire Magazine’s 10 Most Powerful Women.
From 1994 to 2008 Mayor Lozeau was Director of Program and Community Development at Southern New Hampshire Services. Collaborating with businesses, service providers, and government agencies, Mayor Lozeau helped developed hundreds of units of housing for seniors and the homeless, expanded Child Care and Head Start programs and established the Economic Opportunity Center to encourage financial self sufficiency and assist with employment opportunities.
Throughout the years Mayor Lozeau has been an active member of numerous community organizations:
- First president of Nashua’s Great American Downtown
- Chairman of the Mayor’s Housing Task Force and a member of the Greater Nashua Workforce Housing Coalition
- Past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Nashua
- Director of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce
- Commissioner of the Nashua Airport Authority
- A founding member and past Chairman of the Greater Nashua Dental Connection
- As a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders, traveled as a delegate to the Philippines, led a group of officials to Taiwan, and hosted a delegation from El Salvador and Nicaragua
- For her record of community service, Mayor Lozeau was recognized with the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce’s Eminence Award for Volunteer of the Year in 2004, and the United Way of Greater Nashua’s Max I. Silber Community Service Award 2006.
Mayor Lozeau, a third-generation Nashua native, attended public schools and Rivier College. She and her husband of 25 years, David, have three children and two grandchildren.
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