Ellen O'Kane Tauscher

A Representative from California; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 15, 1951; B.S., Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., 1974; investment banker, New York Stock Exchange, 1977-1979; founder, Child Care Registry, Inc., 1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-present). On June 27, 2009, Ellen O. Tauscher was sworn-in as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Under Secretary Tauscher previously had represented California’s 10th Congressional District for 13 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district includes San Francisco’s suburbs in Contra Costa, Alameda Solano, and Sacramento counties. She was the only member of Congress to have two national defense laboratories, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia California, in her district. The district also includes Camp Parks Army Reserve facility and Travis Air Force Base, home of the 60th Air Mobility Wing. She chaired the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces since 2007 and she was a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. She also chaired the New Democrat Coalition, a group of more than 60 centrist House Democrats. Before winning a seat in Congress, Under Secretary Tauscher spent 14 years working on Wall Street. She was one of the first women to hold a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and later served as an officer of the American Stock Exchange. Under Secretary Tauscher graduated from Seton Hall University. A Representative from California; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 15, 1951; B.S., Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., 1974; investment banker, New York Stock Exchange, 1977-1979; founder, Child Care Registry, Inc., 1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses until her resignation on June 26, 2009 (January 3, 1997-June 26, 2009); Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Department of State, 2009-present. She is survived by her daughter, Katherine.