Pat Hickey is a fourth generation native Nevadan from a pioneer family in Lake Tahoe. Besides being a local business owner, he has worked as a journalist and editor for various Nevada news outlets covering the Legislature and Nevada politics. He was elected to the Nevada Legislature in 1997.
Mr. Hickey subsequently was elected by his peers as Assembly Minority Leader, where he championed educational reforms, greater accountability, and increase education funding for Nevada schools.
In the 2015 Legislative Session, Assemblyman Hickey chaired the Ways and Means Subcommittee on K-12 and Higher Education Funding.
Upon his retirement from the Legislature, Governor Brian Sandoval appointed Pat to the Nevada State Board of Education, where served until January 2017. Pat also served as the Executive Director of the Charter School Association of Nevada.
Pat is currently a Sunday columnist for the Reno Gazette-Journal. His weekly "Memo from the Middle" column is the most widely read of local columns in the RGJ. Pat Hickey’s recent book: Here and Hereafter: Nevada Voices on Life and the Great Beyond, features stories about the views and legacies of notable Nevadans.
