Debbie Dingell

Debbie Dingell
Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee
Assumed office
April 16, 2024
LeaderHakeem Jeffries
Preceded byJoe Neguse
Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
LeaderNancy Pelosi
Preceded byCheri Bustos
David Cicilline
Hakeem Jeffries
Succeeded byVeronica Escobar
Dean Phillips
Lauren Underwood
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Preceded byJohn Dingell
Constituency
Personal details
Born
Deborah Ann Insley

(1953-11-23) November 23, 1953 (age 70)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (until 1981)
Democratic (1981–present)
Spouse
(m. 1981; died 2019)
RelativesJohn Dingell Sr. (father-in-law)
EducationGeorgetown University (BS, MS)
WebsiteHouse website

Deborah Ann Dingell (/ˈdɪŋɡəl/; née Insley; November 23, 1953) is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2015, representing the state's 6th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she succeeded her late husband, John Dingell, who was the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history.

Dingell is active in several organizations in Michigan and Washington, D.C., and serves on a number of boards. She is a founder and past chair of the National Women's Health Resource Center and the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[1] She is also a member of the board of directors for Vital Voices Global Partnership.[2] She is a 1975 graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

She worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council.[3] She was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Meet Debbie". Office of Debbie Dingell. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Board of Directors". Vital Voices. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Beene, Ryan (October 26, 2009). "Debbie Dingell to take new post at American Automotive Policy Council". Crain's Detroit Business. Crain Communications. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Akers, Mary Ann (February 27, 2008). "Debbie Dingell: Angst-ridden Superdelegate and Congressional Spouse". The Washington Post. No. The Sleuth (blog). Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "Congressman John Dingell Makes Washington Quake, but Not His Executive Wife, Debbie". People.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014.

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