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Joseph (Joe) P. Hardy, M.D

Republican
Clark County Assembly District No. 20
Family Physician


Born: 1949 – Reno, Nevada
Educated: Sparks High School; University of Nevada, Reno; University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, B.S.; Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, School of Medicine, M.D.
Married: Jill Sweningsen Hardy
Children: Joseph Paul Jr., Nicole, Emily, Leah, Spencer, Dane, Jack, Ryan
Grandchildren: Fourteen
Military: Major, United States Air Force
Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, church activities, patron of the arts

Legislative Service

Nevada Assembly, 2003-2009 (first elected November 2002)—seven special and four regular sessions. Minority Whip, 2007; Task Force for the Fund for a Healthy Nevada, 2003-2004.

Affiliations

Nevada Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Family Physicians; Clark County Medical Society; American Medical Association; American Legion, Post 31; Boy Scouts of America; Chamber of Commerce; Southern Nevada Health District; Coalition for Improving and Expanding Nevada Health Care; Regents Ad Hoc Committee for Higher Education/Health, 2003-2004.

Personal & Professional Achievements

Sparks High School Student Body President; Publicity Chairman: Walk for Development, Ayuda, and Meals on Wheels, 1968. French Mission, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS); Rapid Valley Water District Board of Directors, South Dakota; VicePresident, Parent Teacher Association, Rapid Valley Elementary School, South Dakota; Charter Member, Boulder City Drug Abuse Council; Chief of Staff, Boulder City Hospital; Chief of Internal Medicine and Family Practice, and Board of Directors, St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Henderson, Nevada; President, Nevada Academy of Family Practice; Nevada Family Physician of the Year, 1998; Boulder City Councilman and Mayor pro Tempore; Clark County Health District Board of Directors; Vice President, Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition; Executive Committee, Boulder City Community Education Advisory Board; One World Ambassador Alliance, Humanitarian Project–El Salvador; Nevada League of Cities Legislative Committee; Board of Directors, LDS Family Services (Adoption Agency); Debt Management Commission, Clark County; Sunday school teacher.