Stacey E. Plaskett

Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett has served as the delegate from the Virgin Islands’ at-large Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2015 (114th Congress-Present). She is currently a member of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government (ranking member), the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Subcommittee on National Intelligence Enterprise (ranking member), and the Subcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture. Previously, Plaskett served on the House Committee on Ways and Means where she was the first member from a U.S. territory and only the fourth African American woman to serve on the committee. As a former attorney in public finance law, Plaskett sees the importance of Public-Private Partnerships and created ways to incentivize economic development in underserved areas in America. Plaskett has a long history of public service. She began her career as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx DA’s office. Plaskett worked as a political appointee at the Department of Justice, where she served as senior counsel under Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson and his successor James Comey. In the Virgin Islands, she has served as general counsel for the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority, and in private practice as counsel and transactional attorney for numerous companies. Plaskett earned her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and her Juris Doctorate from American University’s Washington College of Law.