Debbie Dingell

Debbie Dingell calls herself a “car girl,” with more than three decades in the auto industry before Congress.¹ She led the General Motors Foundation and worked as a senior executive responsible for public affairs.¹ The Detroit native now lives in Ann Arbor.²¹

Dingell earned degrees in foreign service and liberal studies at Georgetown University.¹ She served on Wayne State University's Board of Governors from 2007 to 2014.² She entered Congress in January 2015, succeeding her husband, John, after his retirement.³ Her community work has also included helping found the National Women's Health Resource Center and the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health.¹

Her husband, John, received care at home before his death in 2019.⁴³ She says that experience exposed gaps in the care system even with good insurance.⁴ Her legislative work has included proposals to expand Medicaid support for care at home and strengthen the direct care workforce.¹

Dingell serves on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources and chairs the Great Lakes Task Force.¹ Her priorities include affordable healthcare, Medicare for All, clean water, domestic manufacturing and protecting wildlife.¹ She has worked on PFAS contamination legislation with Republicans and advocated for seniors to receive care in the setting they choose.¹⁴