Biography
Representative from California; born in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., February 18, 1964; graduated from William Chrisman High School, Independence, Mo., 1982; B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1986; J.D., Boston College, Newton, Mass., 1990; lawyer, private practice; senior attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council, 2001-2006; member of the Marin County, Calif., municipal water district board of directors, 2001-2006; member of the California state assembly, 2006-2012; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-present).
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress