Jane Harman

Jane Harman
Official portrait, 2011
President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
In office
February 28, 2011 – February 28, 2021
Preceded byLee Hamilton
Succeeded byMark Green
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 36th district
In office
January 3, 2001 – February 28, 2011
Preceded bySteven T. Kuykendall
Succeeded byJanice Hahn
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999
Preceded byMel Levine (redistricting)
Succeeded bySteven T. Kuykendall
Personal details
Born
Jane Margaret Lakes

(1945-06-28) June 28, 1945 (age 79)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1969; div. 1978)
(m. 1980; died 2011)
Children4
EducationSmith College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Jane Margaret Harman (née Lakes, June 28, 1945) is an American former politician who served as the U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee (2002–2006), before she chaired the Homeland Security Committee's Intelligence Subcommittee (2007–2011).

Resigning from Congress in February 2011, Harman became President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[1] She succeeded former U.S. Representative Lee Hamilton and was the first ever woman to lead the organization. She stepped down in February 2021 after a decade, and is a Distinguished Scholar and President Emerita.

  1. ^ "The Fix - Jane Harman to resign from Congress". The Washington Post. February 7, 2011. Archived from the original on May 4, 2011.