Kendrick B. Meek

Congressman Kendrick Meek represented Florida’s 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011 (108th-111th Congresses). Meek was elected to serve a district formerly represented by his mother, Representative Carrie Meek. Before Congress, Meek served in the Florida State House of Representatives and Florida State Senate. During his congressional tenure, Meek served on the Ways and Means, Homeland Security, and Armed Services committees. As part of the Armed Services Committee, Meek pushed for better equipping troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. In January 2007, Meek was appointed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly, an inter-parliamentary organization of legislators representing NATO Members and associate countries. Meek received a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Florida A&M University.