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DONNA F. EDWARDS (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, 4th Congressional District (parts of Anne Arundel & Prince George's counties), Maryland, 2008-17
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, June 19, 2008 to January 3, 2017. Member, Member, Science, Space and Technology Committee (formerly Science and Technology Committee), 2008-17 (energy & environment subcommittee, 2008-11; space & aeronautics subcommittee, 2009-17, vice-chair, 2009-11; ranking minority member, investigations & oversight subcommittee, 2011-17); Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, 2008-17 (highways & transit subcommittee, 2008-17; water resources & environment subcommittee, 2008-17; economic development, public buildings & emergency management subcommittee, 2011-17); Committee on Ethics, 2011-17. Member, House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, 2009-17. Member, Congressional Black Caucus, 2008-17; Congressional Progressive Caucus (past vice-chair).
Born in Yanceyville, North Carolina, June 28, 1958. Resident of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Wake Forest University, B.A., 1980 (english); Franklin Pierce Law School, University of New Hampshire, J.D., 1989. Law clerk to Judge Stephen Eilperin, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1989-90. Attorney. Executive Director, The Arca Foundation, Washington, DC, 2000-08. Assistant Director, United Nations Development Program (Development Forum, Department of Economic & Social Information), 1980-82. Spacelab project engineer, Lockheed Corporation, at Goddard Space Flight Center, 1982-86. Executive Director, Center for a New Democracy, 1994-96. Founder and first executive director, National Network to End Domestic Violence, 1996-99. Member, Diversity Leadership Council, Maryland Democratic Party, 2010-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2012, 2016, 2020. Board of Directors, League of Conservation Voters. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2009, 2022. Inductee, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, 2017. One son.
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