Eleanor Holmes Norton

Guest Speaker

Expert Bio

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, now in her eleventh term as the Congresswoman for the District of Columbia, is the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. She also serves on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.  The Congresswoman is a tenured professor of law at Georgetown University.  She received her bachelor's degree from Antioch College in Ohio, and earned her law degree and a master's degree in American Studies from Yale University.