Dr. Cheryl Lau

Dr. Cheryl Lau serves as a commissioner on the State of Nevada Commission on Ethics. Previously she was a commissioner on the Nevada Commission on Professional Standards in Education.

In the late 80s she served as Nevada’s Deputy Attorney General, and in 1990 was elected Secretary of State. Later she ran for governor of Nevada.

In 1995, Dr. Lau served as General Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives. She was a visiting professor at Harvard University, and a Judge Pro Tempore for the Carson City Justice and Municipal Courts. She was the vice chair of the Republican National Platform Committee, secretary of the Republican National Convention, and chair of the National Commission for the Renewal of American Democracy.

Dr. Lau received her doctorate from the University of Oregon, and later earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of San Francisco.