Trudy Wade

Trudy Wade
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 27th district
In office
January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019
Preceded byDon Vaughan
Succeeded byMichael Garrett
Personal details
Born (1951-07-18) July 18, 1951 (age 73)
Greensboro, North Carolina
Political partyRepublican
Alma materGreensboro College (BS)
Tuskegee Institute (DVM)

Trudy Wade (born July 18, 1951) is an American politician who served in the North Carolina Senate from the 27th district from 2013 to 2019. She represented the state's twenty-seventh Senate district, which consists of Guilford County, North Carolina[1][2]

Senator Wade served as Chairman of the Senate's Select Committee on North Carolina River Water Quality, Chair of Senate's Environmental Review Commission, Co-Chairman of the following Committees: Senate's Appropriations on Natural and Economic Resources Committee, Senate's Commerce and Insurance. Additionally, the Senator served as a member on the following Committees: Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources, Finance, Redistricting, Rules and Operations of the Senate, Select Committee on Elections, Select Committee on Nominations, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee, Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee, Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, Committee on Access to Healthcare in Rural North Carolina (LRC)(2017) and Advisory Member Revenue Laws Study Committee.

Senator Wade graduated from Greensboro College in 1975, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology and graduated from Tuskegee Institute in 1980 earning a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation, she opened a veterinary hospital in Jamestown North Carolina.[3]

  1. ^ "North Carolina General Assembly - Senator Trudy Wade (Republican, 2017-2018 Session)". Ncleg.net. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  2. ^ "Sen. Trudy Wade: Legislative session's lightning rod". Newsobserver.com. 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  3. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System".