11 Facts About Nancy Kopp

Nancy K Kopp was born on December 7,1943 and is an American politician who previously served as the Treasurer of Maryland from 2002 to 2021.

Nancy Kopp completed coursework and preliminary exams for a PhD degree in political philosophy though did not complete her dissertation, which was to have focused on Bernard Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees.

Nancy Kopp has honorary degrees from University of Maryland, Baltimore, the University of Maryland University College, Towson University, and Hood College.

In 1974, Nancy Kopp was elected at the age of 31 to the first of seven four-year terms in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Nancy Kopp was one of the first two women ever appointed to the House Appropriations Committee.

Over her time as a delegate, Nancy Kopp chaired the Joint Committee on Spending Affordability, as well as the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education and Economic Development.

Nancy Kopp served on the Capital Budget Subcommittee, Subcommittee on Pensions, and Joint Committee on Budget and Audits, and, at various times, as Deputy Majority Leader and Speaker Pro Tem.

Nancy Kopp said the change in payment, pledged by 2011 legislation, was the wrong choice and would be costly to state workers and taxpayers.

Nancy Kopp was succeeded by Dereck E Davis, who was sworn in on December 17,2021.

Nancy Kopp is one of three members of the Maryland State Board of Public Works who decided whether to approve the governor's plan to expand Interstate Highways I-495 and I-270.

Nancy Kopp had not publicly announced beforehand how she intended to vote on Governor Hogan's proposal, though she was described as an "avowed skeptic" of the plan.