Full Name:
Nita M. Lowey
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Stephen; 3 Children: Dana, Jackie, Douglas
Birth Date:
07/05/1937
Birth Place:
Bronx, NY
Home City:
Harrison, NY
Religion:
Jewish
BA, Marketing, Mount Holyoke College, 1959
Representative, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 17, 2013-2021
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 17, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
Representative, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 18, 1993-2013
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 18, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Representative, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 20, 1989-1993
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 20, 1988, 1990
Founder, Afterschool Caucus
Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Congressional Advisory Panel, National Campaign to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
Former Co-Chair, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Financing Task Force
Former Member, Congressional Armenian Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Arts Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
Member, Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus, Former Member
Former Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Former Member, Congressional India Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Task Force on Terror Financing
Former Member, Congressional Ukranian Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Women's Caucus
Former Chair, Congressional Women's Caucus
Former Member, Democratic Steering Group
Former Member, Executive Committee, Albanian Issues Caucus
Former Chair, House Pro-Choice Caucus
Former Member, House Pro-Choice Caucus
Former Co-Founder, Hudson River Caucus
Former Co-Chair, Long Island Sound Caucus
Former Co-Chair, Public Broadcasting Caucus
Former Chair, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, United States House of Representatives
Former Co-Chair, United Nations Working Group
Former Chair, United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
Former Member, United States House Select Committee on Homeland Security
Former Assistant, New York Secretary of State for Economic Development and Neighborhood Preservation
Assistant Secretary of State, State of New York, 1985-1988
Deputy Director, Division of Economic Opportunity, 1975-1985
Member, American Jewish Committee of Westchester
Member, Board of Directors, Close-Up Foundation
Deputy Whip, Democratic Study Group
Member, Effective Parenting Information for Children
Member, Executive Committee, Democratic Study Group
Member, Legal Awareness for Women
Member, National Committee of Police Corps
Member, National Council for the Arts
Member, Westchester Jewish Conference
Member, Westchester Opportunity Program
Member, Windward School
Member, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Women's Network
Chair, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2001-2002
Astrological Sign:
Cancer
Number of Grandchildren:
8