Personal Information

• Communications & Legislator
• Born February 19 in Spartanburg County
• Daughter of Raymond A. Nichols and Jessie Estell Caldwell
• James F. Byrnes High School, 1958
• John Robert Powers School of Fashion Merchandising
• February 14, 1959 married William Ronald Allison, 1 child, Katina Allison Degler
• Outstanding Young Women of America, 1972
• Board member, R.D. Anderson Vocational School, 1991-92
• President, South Carolina Jaycee Auxiliary, 1968-69
• South Carolnia PTA of the Year, 1985
• United States Jaycee life member, 1978
• Board member, Miss South Carolina Scholarship Program, 1968-08
• Middle Tyger Chamber of Commerce
• Blue Ribbon Task Force for Higher Education Funding
• Advisory Board, Lyman First Citizens Bank
• President, lifetime member, PTA
• Miss South Carolina Hall of Fame
• Southern Hospitality Club Officer
• Middle Tyger Civitans
• Chairman, General Assembly Women's Caucus, 1994-96
• Vice Chairman, Operation and Management Committee, 1994-96
• Joint Legislative Committee on Children and Families
• State Tax Ad Hoc Study Committee, 1998
• PASS Com. Legislative Study Committee
• Retirement Investment Equity Conference Committee, 1998
• MTA Comm. Center Board, 1998-99
• Chairman, Greer J. Verne Smith Human Resource Center Board, 1996-99
• Woman of Achievement, Piedmont Girl Scouts, 1997
• Victims Advocate Legislator of the Year, 1997
• SCSBA Legislator of the Year, 1999
• Founder and Chairman, GOP Women's Caucus, 1999
• House Budget Committee Conferee, 1999
• NFB Legislator of the Year, 2000
• GOP Assistant Majority Leader, 1999-00
• Middle Tyger Chamber Citizen of the Year
• Woman of Achievement, Miss D/L/W Prog.
• Education Advisor for Governor Mark Sanford, 2003-05
• Legislative Advisor for Governor Mark Sanford, 2006-07
• Operations and Management, 2010
• House Education and Public Works Committee, 2008-10
• House Ways and Means Committee, 2011-
• Member, Wellford Baptist Church