Carrie P. Meek

Congresswoman Carrie Meek served Florida’s 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 (103rd-107th Congresses). Her committee assignments included the Government Reform and Oversight, Budget, and Appropriations committees. Meek was an educational administrator and educational consultant who served as a member of the Florida State House of Representatives and the Florida State Senate before coming to Congress. She also was a board member of the Health System-Health Planning Council and the Minority Business Enterprise Committee on Transportation and chair of the Park for People Program in Miami, Florida. Meek received a bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University and a master’s degree from the University of Michigan. She was the mother of Congressman Kendrick Meek.