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Holly Boffy

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<nowiki><nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki></nowiki>{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Holly Franks Boffy
|image=Holly Boffy family.jpg
|caption=Boffy with husband Carrick, son Pierce, and their two dogs
|birth_date=January 1978
|birth_place=[[Louisiana]]
|spouse=Carrick Neil Boffy (married 2001)
|children=Pierce Boffy
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|religion=[[Baptist]]
|office=Member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 7 (Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasiey, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, and Vermilion parishes)
|term_start=January 2016
|term_end=
|preceded=Dale Bayard
|succeeded=
}}

'''Holly Franks Boffy''' (born January 1978)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3071607|title=Holly Boffy, January 1978|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> is a school administrator from Lafayette, the fourth largest city in [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the eleven-person Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 7, which encompasses all or portions of nine southwestern parishes of Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasiey, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, and Vermilion.<ref name=ereturns/>

==Background==

Boffy graduated in 1996 from Abbeville High School in Abbeville in Vermilion Parish. She received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. In 2015, she was awarded a doctorate from Walden University. She began her education career teaching social studies at Glasgow Middle School in Baton Rouge. She then transferred to Paul Breaux Middle School in Lafayette. She has been an [[Adjunct professor|adjunct instructor]] at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.<ref name=hfb/> In 2010, she was designated "Louisiana State Teacher of the Year".<ref name=nola>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2014/04/lafayette_teacher_considering.html|title=
Lafayette teacher considering bid for Holly Boffy's BESE seat, report says|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=April 30, 2014|author=Danielle Dreilinger|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> While on the BESE board, a nonpaid position but with reimbursement for expenses, she is also director of teacher and leadership development for the Council of Chief State School Officers.<ref name=hfb>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollyboffy.com/|title=About Holly Boffy|publisher=hollyboffy.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name=besemember/>

Since 2001, Boffy has been married to her high school sweetheart, Carrick Neil Boffy (born September 1977). The couple has a son, Pierce Boffy and an adopted daughter, Claire Boffy. The family attends the Esther [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church, affiliated with the Evangeline Baptist Association and located in the community of Esther in Vermilion Parish.<ref name=hfb/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebalaf.com/esther-baptist-church/|title=Esther Baptist Church|publisher=ebalaf.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>

Boffy and her family are active in the charity, Fishing for Memories: A Benefit Rodeo for the Alzheimer’s Association, which has raised more than $250,000 for those afflicted with [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref name=besemember>{{cite web|url=http://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese's-district-7-representative|title=BESE Member Biographical Summary: Dr. Holly Boffy|publisher=bese.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref>

==BESE activities==

In the primary held on October 22, 2011, Boffy unseated the incumbent, Dale Bayard, a convert to the Republican Party, 82,395 votes (66.5 percent) to 41,460 (33.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/22/2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> Bayard, running as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in 2007, had narrowly defeated the Republican candidate, Charlie Buckels of [[Lafayette]], 79,697 (51 percent) to 76,721 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10202007/10202007_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/20/2007|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>

In the primary held on October 24, 2015, Boffy, the board secretary-treasurer,<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-boffy-ed-d-nbct-52514044|title=Holly Boffy, Ed.D.|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> won her second term on BESE by defeating Kreamer, 72,246 (53.4 percent) to 62,987 (46.6 percent).<ref name=ereturns>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 28, 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
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Holly Boffy

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Holly Boffy

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<nowiki><nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki></nowiki>{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Holly Franks Boffy
|image=Holly Boffy family.jpg
|caption=Boffy with husband Carrick, son Pierce, and their two dogs
|birth_date=January 1978
|birth_place=[[Louisiana]]
|spouse=Carrick Neil Boffy (married 2001)
|children=Pierce Boffy
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|religion=[[Baptist]]
|office=Member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 7 (Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasiey, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, and Vermilion parishes)
|term_start=January 2016
|term_end=
|preceded=Dale Bayard
|succeeded=
}}

'''Holly Franks Boffy''' (born January 1978)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3071607|title=Holly Boffy, January 1978|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> is a school administrator from Lafayette, the fourth largest city in [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the eleven-person Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 7, which encompasses all or portions of nine southwestern parishes of Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasiey, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, and Vermilion.<ref name=ereturns/>

==Background==

Boffy graduated in 1996 from Abbeville High School in Abbeville in Vermilion Parish. She received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. In 1975, she was awarded a doctorate from Walden University. She began her education career teaching social studies at Glasgow Middle School in Baton Rouge. She then transferred to Paul Breaux Middle School in Lafayette. She has been an [[Adjunct professor|adjunct instructor]] at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.<ref name=hfb/> In 2010, she was designated "Louisiana State Teacher of the Year".<ref name=nola>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2014/04/lafayette_teacher_considering.html|title=
Lafayette teacher considering bid for Holly Boffy's BESE seat, report says|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=April 30, 2014|author=Danielle Dreilinger|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> While on the BESE board, a nonpaid position but with reimbursement for expenses, she is also director of teacher and leadership development for the Council of Chief State School Officers.<ref name=hfb>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollyboffy.com/|title=About Holly Boffy|publisher=hollyboffy.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name=besemember/>

Since 2001, Boffy has been married to her high school sweetheart, Carrick Neil Boffy (born September 1977). The couple has a son, Pierce Boffy and an adopted daughter, Claire Boffy. The family attends the Esther [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church, affiliated with the Evangeline Baptist Association and located in the community of Esther in Vermilion Parish.<ref name=hfb/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebalaf.com/esther-baptist-church/|title=Esther Baptist Church|publisher=ebalaf.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>

Boffy and her family are active in the charity, Fishing for Memories: A Benefit Rodeo for the Alzheimer’s Association, which has raised more than $250,000 for those afflicted with [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref name=besemember>{{cite web|url=http://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese's-district-7-representative|title=BESE Member Biographical Summary: Dr. Holly Boffy|publisher=bese.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref>

==BESE activities==

In the primary held on October 22, 2011, Boffy unseated the incumbent, Dale Bayard, a convert to the Republican Party, 82,395 votes (66.5 percent) to 41,460 (33.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/22/2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> Bayard, running as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in 2007, had narrowly defeated the Republican candidate, Charlie Buckels of [[Lafayette]], 79,697 (51 percent) to 76,721 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10202007/10202007_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/20/2007|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>

In the primary held on October 24, 2015, Boffy, the board secretary-treasurer,<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-boffy-ed-d-nbct-52514044|title=Holly Boffy, Ed.D.|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> won her second term on BESE by defeating Kreamer, 72,246 (53.4 percent) to 62,987 (46.6 percent).<ref name=ereturns>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 28, 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boffy, Holly}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Women]]