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Debbie DingellDEMDemocrat United States Representative, MI-6
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MIResidence (state)

Deborah Ann Dingell (née Insley; November 23, 1953) is an American politician who is a member of the Democratic Party who has been the U.S. representative for Michigan's 6th congressional district since 2015 (known as the 12th congressional district until 2023). She is the widow of John Dingell, her predecessor in the seat, who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history. She worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council. She was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.Dingell is active in several Michigan and Washington, D.C. and serves on a number of boards. She is a founder and past chair of the National Women's Health Resource Center and the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is also a member of the board of directors for Vital Voices Global Partnership. She is a 1975 graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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Education5 - 5 of 3
Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
Bachelor of Science
1975
Grosse Pointe Academy
Past Positions1 - 6 of 6
Representative
United States House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Representative
United States House of Representatives
2015 - 2023
President
D2 Strategies
Current
Consultant
American Automobile Policy Council
Former Co-Host
"Am I Right", Detroit Public Television
Former Vice Chair
General Motors Foundation
Other Experience1 - 36 of 36
Co-Chair
Children's Leadership Council
Current
Member
Early Childhood Investment Corporation
Current
Chair
Wayne State University Board of Governors
2007 - 2014
Michigan Superdelegate
Democratic National Committee
2008
Michigan Chair
Al Gore Presidential Campaign
2000
Advisory Board Member
Michigan Women's Foundation
Advisory Board Member
National Insitute of Health Panel for Women's Research
Advisory Board Member
Michigan Women's Economic Club
Advisory Board Member
Susan B. Komen Foundation
Board Member
Vital Voices Global Partnership
Board of Directors
Parade Company
Chair
Baby Your Baby Campaign
Co-Founder
Race for the Cure in Michigan and Washington, D.C
Former Chair
Manufacturing Initiative, American Automotive Policy Council
Former Co-Chair
One United Michigan
Founder
the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Founder
National Women's Health Resource Center
Member
Michigan's Children
Member
Democratic National Committee
Vice Chair
Barbara Karmanos Cancer Center
Member
Cherry Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth
Current
Member
Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, United States House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Chair
Michigan Infant Mortality Task Force
Former Chair
Metropolitan Affairs Coalition
Former Member
Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Environment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change
Former Member
House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
Former Member
Natural Resources Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Budget Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Federal Lands, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Ranking Member
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee (Natural Resources), United States House of Representatives