A native of Willow Creek, now living in beautiful Granite Park, Kris Nicholl is a lifelong resident of Sandy. Kris and her husband, a retired Fire Chief, have two children: a son, soon to be a U.S. Army Officer; and a daughter starting at the University of Utah this fall.

Kris is a former Sandy City Council Member. As such, she modernized Sandy’s outdated "animal control" program and turned it into, without raising costs to residents, the current Animal Services Department, no-kill animal shelter. Kris led the Council and the various stakeholders through a complicated process creating the Sensitive Area Overlay Zone, a vital Sandy policy that protects our foothills from overdevelopment while preserving the gorgeous Sandy east bench. After watching the city struggle the last few years and impose massive tax increases and fearing that Sandy’s unique character is beginning to fade, Kris decided to run for Council.

Recently retired and the kids off to their adventures, Kris decided to again step forward and apply her previous experience at a time when Sandy needs experienced leaders.

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