Donna F. Edwards

Congresswoman Donna Edwards represented Maryland’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2008 to 2017. (110th-114th Congresses). She was the first African American woman to represent Maryland. Before serving in Congress, Edwards was the executive director of the Arca Foundation in Washington, DC. In Congress, she served on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology where she was a member of two subcommittees: Space (ranking member) and Environment. Edwards also had a seat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and served on three subcommittees: Highways and Transit; Water Resources and Environment; and Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. She also served on the Ethics Committee. Edwards used her seat on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee to support funding for NASA and to give a boost to measures encouraging minority education in science and mathematics. Edwards earned a degree from Wake Forest University and received her Juris Doctor from the University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly the Franklin Pierce Law Center).