Nicole Akins Boyd
Nicole Akins Boyd (born January 19, 1969) is an American attorney, business woman, teacher, volunteer, and politician. She is a Republican who has served the 9th district in the Mississippi State Senate since 2020. Life and education Boyd grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. She is the daughter of Lafayette County Extension Home Economist, Joyce Akins and Noal Akins, who was an educator, coach, businessman, and former representative of the 12th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012. She graduated from Oxford High School, received a B.S. from Mississippi State University, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. Boyd is married to Dr. Daniel Boyd, a local physician and small-business owner, and they have two children. Her family resides in Oxford, and she is of the Baptist faith. Career In the 1990s, Boyd served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in Mississippi where she litigated to protect the state’s natural resources and Sixteenth Section lands and advocated for children and family issues. While working for the Attorney General, she served as the Division Director of the Youth Services Division which passed legislation and enforced laws to protect minors from alcohol