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Candidate for House, Michigan , District #9
Contact Information
SkinnerP.O. Box 2136
Royal Oak, Michigan 48068
248.691.9161
248.691.9162 (fax)
nancy@skinnerforcongress.com
http://www.skinnerforcongress.com
Bio
Nancy is a Royal Oak native and a graduate of the University of Michigan. She received a BBA degree with an emphasis in finance and accounting in 1987. Nancy decided to use her business skills to promote environmentally sustainable development. Following the great Midwestern floods of 1993, Nancy persuaded the White House to assemble a team of ten federal agencies and the nations' leading architects and engineers to rebuild two entire towns away from the floodplain using the principles of sustainable development. Their efforts were honored with an award from President Clinton's Council on Sustainable Development.Nancy also helped launch the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), the first voluntary emissions trading program to address global climate change using free market principles. The Exchange has gained commitments from some of the nation's largest corporations. In 1998, Nancy realized that getting the progressive message onto the airwaves was imperative and began co-hosting a weekend radio show called Ski &Skinner on WLS in Chicago. Nancy took her message to a national audience in 2000 as co-host of a syndicated morning show heard on over 400 stations across America. Inspired by Nancy's show, two listeners, Anita and Shelly Drobny, went on to create the Air America Radio Network featuring Al Franken and other progressive radio hosts.
Since 1999, Nancy has been appearing regularly as a commentator on cable news stations CNN, MSNBC and the Fox News Channel. When she was offered the position of morning host at Detroit's new progressive talker, 1310 AM, Nancy was thrilled to return home to her family and friends. Over the last year, Nancy has had the opportunity to speak to 50,000 listeners in metro-Detroit each week.