Clark County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick was appointed to the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, by Gov. Brian Sandoval to replace Commissioner Tom Collins. Commissioner Kirkpatrick will represent District B through the remainder of the four-year term that ends December 2016.

Commissioner Kirkpatrick was serving in the capacity of Assemblywoman for Nevada's Legislative District 1 when she was tapped to join the seven-member County board. She was first elected to the Nevada Legislature in 2004 and served five regular and seven special sessions in Carson City before the appointment. In 2013, she was elected Speaker of the Assembly and prior in 2011, she was the only member of the Assembly to chair two committees: Government Affairs and Taxation. She also served as a member of the Commerce and Labor and Legislative Operations and Elections committees.

Commissioner Kirkpatrick is a native Nevadan, who grew up in Clark County. She graduated from Western High School and attended Krolack Business School and the Community College of Southern Nevada. Commissioner Kirkpatrick is married to her husband, Michael, and together they have six children and six grandchildren.