Lisa Kennedy Sheldon
Democratic · NH
Lisa Kennedy Sheldon is a nurse practitioner with a nursing PhD and nonprofit leadership experience. She prioritizes careful state spending oversight, affordable health care, and strong public schools.
Where Lisa Kennedy Sheldon stands, based on their records
Supports
Women's Reproductive Rights (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Published a guest column calling for steady state funding to raise childcare worker pay. She criticized the Executive Council's spring 2026 vote to table $1.2 million in federal money for childcare worker training.
June 28, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: aol.com
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
Was endorsed for Executive Council District 3 by the Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund PAC, as part of a slate of five Democratic council candidates.
September 3, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Published a guest column opposing the state's request that the New Hampshire Supreme Court overturn the Claremont school-funding rulings. She warned a state win risks higher local property taxes and tighter school budgets.
September 18, 2026
Source: yahoo.com
Co-chaired a virtual National Academies cancer policy workshop on the short- and long-term harms patients face from cancer treatment.
November 9, 2020
Source: nationalacademies.org
Met with the offices of Rep. Chris Pappas, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, and Sen. Maggie Hassan in June 2019 for the Oncology Nursing Society. She asked them to back bills on palliative care training and equal insurance coverage for cancer pills.
July 24, 2019
Source: ons.org
Co-chaired a National Academies cancer policy workshop on building and keeping a strong cancer care workforce, and led its closing session on policy recommendations.
February 11, 2019
Source: nationalacademies.org
Spoke for the Oncology Nursing Society at a Congressional Families Caucus event on cancer prevention, teaching spouses of members of Congress about cancer warning signs and screening.
February 14, 2018
Source: ons.org
Joined the Saint Anselm College Board of Trustees in the 2016-2017 year; the college noted she had taught there as a clinical nursing instructor from 1996 to 1998.
November 17, 2017
Source: web.archive.org
Co-chaired a National Academies cancer policy workshop in Washington, DC, on how to build effective patient navigation programs that help people get cancer care.
November 13, 2017
Source: nationalacademies.org
Published, as lead author, a nursing journal article on how volunteer teams and local partners built training programs to improve cancer and end-of-life care in Honduras.
January 1, 2017
Source: ons.org
Became the Oncology Nursing Society's first chief clinical officer, reporting to the group's chief executive.
October 3, 2016
Source: ons.org
Was named editor of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, a professional journal for cancer nurses, by the Oncology Nursing Society. The role took effect June 1, 2015.
November 3, 2014
Source: nursingeditors.com
Volunteered on a Health Volunteers Overseas cancer care team in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from July 31 to August 6, 2011. The team ran a two-day conference for Honduran cancer nurses.
July 31, 2011
Source: ons.org
Past race Lisa Kennedy Sheldon ran in:
- Executive Councilor · November 3, 2026 · Executive Council District 3; New Hampshire