Nerissa Bretania Underwood

Nerissa Bretania Underwood
Senator of the Guam Legislature
In office
January 5, 2015 – January 2, 2017
Superintendent of the Guam Department of Education
In office
2007–2011
GovernorFelix Perez Camacho
Preceded byJuan Flores
Succeeded byJon Fernandez
Personal details
Born
Nerissa Bretania

1955 (age 68–69)
Iloilo, Philippines
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Shafer (divorced)
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(m. 2009)​
Children3
EducationUniversity of Guam (BA)
University of Oregon (MS, PhD)

Nerissa Bretania Underwood (born 1955)[1] is a Guamanian politician who served as the senator in Guam Legislature,[2] also former vice chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Guam, a former superintendent of the Guam Department of Education, and the wife of former Democratic Guam Congressional Delegate Robert A. Underwood. She is previously serving as the chairperson of the legislature's Committee on Early Learning, Juvenile Justice, Public Education and First Generation Initiatives and as the vice chairperson on the Committee on Higher Education, Culture, Public Libraries, and Women's Affairs.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference kuam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "'Guam General Election Official Results". Guam Election Commission. November 25, 2014.
  3. ^ "Legislative Committees". 33rd Guam Legislature. Retrieved 2016-03-05.