Marcia Fudge

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down from her top post in the Biden administration this month, she announced Monday March 11 2024 , saying that after decades of public service, she’s retiring and returning to Ohio. Fudge has served as a Cabinet secretary for three years; her resignation will be effective March 22, 2024. Fudge said her decision to resign was mostly personal. Her mother, Marian Garth Saffold, whom she is close to, is turning 93 in April 2024. Fudge wanted to spend more time with her and other relatives in Ohio. Fudge, a Democrat and a former national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, one of the nation's largest Black sororities, has a long history in Ohio. She was the first woman and first Black person elected mayor of Warrensville Heights. She was later elected to the U.S. House and served as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. In 2019, she chaired the House elections subcommittee, holding hearings on voting rights across the country. A Representative from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; October 29, 1952; graduated from Shaker Heights High School, 1971; B.S., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1975; J.D., Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1983; lawyer, private practice; director, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, prosecutor’s office; director, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, budget commission; director, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, personal property tax department; staff, United States Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, 1999-2001; mayor, Warrensville Heights, Ohio, 2000-2008; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones, and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (November 18, 2008-present).