a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 23, 1953; graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 1971; B.S.F.S., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1975; M.S., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1996; analyst; professional advocate; business executive; non-profit executive; board of governors, Wayne State University, 2007-2014; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present).