Nancy Denson is an American politician who served as mayor of U.S. city of Athens, Georgia, from 2011 to 2019.
First elected mayor in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, Denson has been in public service since 1980 starting as an Athens City Council member.
She also earned a certificate in public management from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, also part of UGA.
She served as the president of the 10th District and was a member of all council committees.
The nonpartisan 2010 General Election was held on November 2, 2010, and Nancy Denson beat both 20-year-old UGA student Glenn Stegall and former mayor of Athens Gwen O'Looney to be elected mayor of Athens-Clarke County.