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About Us ››NED Board and Staff ›› NED Board Bios
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 U.S. Representative Gregory W. Meeks represents New York's 6th Congressional District, which includes the communities of Jamaica and Queens Village. The congressman is a member of the Committee on Financial Services and its Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, as well as the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology. Additionally, Representative Meeks serves on the International Relations Committee and its Subcommittee on Africa, and the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific. An active member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Representative Meeks was voted the CBC Whip in 2001.
Representative Meeks is a member of several civic and professional organizations, including the National Bar Association, the Coalition of 100 Black Men, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Inc. He founded the Jesse L. Jackson Independent Democratic Club (renamed the Thurgood Marshall Regular Democratic Club) and remains active in grassroots community organizing. Prior to being elected to congress, Representative Meeks served as Assistant District Attorney to the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York and on the State Investigations Commission and was appointed Judge of the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. Rep. Meeks obtained his B.A. from Adelphi University, and a degree from Howard University School of Law. |
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