Cathy Giessel
| Catherine A. Giessel | |
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| Member of the Alaska Senate from the N district |
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Assumed office January 15, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | redistricted |
| Member of the Alaska Senate from the P district |
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In office January 18, 2011 – January 15, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Con Bunde |
| Succeeded by | redistricted |
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Catherine Andrea Bohms November 9, 1951 Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Richard |
| Children | Peter David Elisabeth |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, University of Alaska Anchorage |
| Profession | Nurse |
| Website | http://cathygiessel.com/index.php |
Catherine Andrea "Cathy" Giessel, (née Bohms; born November 9, 1951) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Alaska, serving since 2011. Giessel is currently a member of the Alaska Senate representing District N. The district comprises Northeast Anchorage, Anchorage Hillside and the Turnagain Arm communities of Bird, Girdwood, Indian, and Anchorage, all within the Municipality of Anchorage. First elected in 2010 while self-identified with Tea Party values, she has also served as the vice-chair of the state Republican Party and held a career in nursing. Following redistricting, she was elected into a different senate seat in 2012 and serves as chair of the Resources Committee and is a member of the Senate Majority Caucus.
Cathy Giessel was born Catherine Andrea Bohms in Fairbanks, Alaska on November 9, 1951, the oldest of three daughters (and four children overall) born to Gerald Johnson "Jerry" (1924–2002) and Ruth Odelia (née Bauer, born 1927) Bohms. Jerry Bohms arrived in Alaska in the late 1940s and worked for Wien Alaska Airlines (a predecessor to Wien Air Alaska). Ruth Bohms holds a degree from Gonzaga University School of Law and was admitted before the bars of Alaska and the United States Supreme Court. Ruth Bohms was a candidate for the Alaska Legislature in 1992, running as an Alaskan Independence Party candidate for a Fairbanks-based seat in the Alaska House of Representatives. Giessel graduated from Lathrop High School in Fairbanks and thereafter gained a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Michigan before moving to Anchorage in 1974.
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