Shontel M. Brown

Congressman Shontel Brown join Congress in 2021 to represent Ohio’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives (117th Congress-Present). Brown serves on the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the House Agriculture Committee as well as the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Brown began her public service as a Warrensville Heights City Council member in 2012. She went on to be elected to Cuyahoga County Council. Brown was also elected chairwoman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, leading the largest Democratic county in the state. She made history as the first woman and the first Black person to serve in this role. Brown attended Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.