Donna Marie Christian CHRISTENSEN, Congress, VI (1945)

CHRISTENSEN Donna Marie , (elected under the name Donna Christian-Green in the One Hundred Fifth and One Hundred Sixth Congresses), a Delegate from the Virgin Islands; born in Teaneck, Monmouth County, N.J., September 19, 1945; B.S., St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Ind., 1966; M.D., George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 1970; physician; medical director, St. Croix Hospital, St. Croix, V.I., 1987-1988; territorial assistant, commissioner of health for the Virgin Islands, 1988-1994; acting commissioner of health for the Virgin Islands, 1994-1995; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions for the 1984, 1988, and 1992; television journalist; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2015); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of the Virgin Islands in 2014.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present