Bio:
Rep. Bean brings her 20-year business and entrepreneurial background combined with a deep commitment to her community as a wife and mother, to her role in Congress. Before entering Congress, Rep. Bean helped build revenues in sales management positions at leading technology companies before founding her own consulting firm in 1995, which for nine years served high-tech Fortune 1000 clients. She has also been an active community leader and involved parent. She credits her work ethic to her mother and father, who was a WWII Marine Raider and small business owner.
Rep. Bean, the oldest of four, was born in Chicago on January 22, 1962 and raised in Park Ridge, where she graduated from Maine East High School. Bean earned her BA in Political Science from Roosevelt University.
Rep. Bean and her husband Alan have been married for 25 years, and have lived in Barrington for 19 years, where her daughters, Victoria, 18, and Michelle, 16, have attend District 220 schools.
Congressional Background:
Congresswoman Melissa Bean is serving her third term as U.S. Representative to Illinois' Eighth Congressional District, which includes portions of Lake, McHenry and Cook Counties. The Congresswoman was sworn into office on January 4, 2005.
As Vice-Chair of the pro-growth, moderate New Democrat Coalition, and because of her background and connection to her community, Congresswoman Melissa Bean has emerged as a national voice for small business owners and suburban families.
She serves on the House Financial Services Committee, including the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. She also serves on the House Committee on Small Business, and serves on the Subcommittee on Tax, Finance and Tax and the Subcommittee on Regulations and Healthcare.
Press Coverage
Bean Joins Geithner, Mills At Small Business Credit Forum
Congresswoman Melissa Bean joined Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills at a Small Business Financing Forum today to discuss methods for improving small business access to credit.
11/18/2009
Bean Commends Crackdown On Financial Fraud
Congresswoman Melissa Bean (IL-08) released the following statement following the Administration’s announcement of the creation of a Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to coordinate prosecution of financial fraud across multiple agencies:
11/17/2009
Bean Honors Illinois Veterans
Yesterday, Congresswoman Melissa Bean (IL-08) attended events across Illinois’ 8th district honoring area veterans.
11/12/2009
Official Photo
Click the photo (left) for the official high resolution photo of Congresswoman Melissa L. Bean
Media Contact Info:
Jonathan Lipman
Phone: 202-225-3711
Fax: 202-225-7830
Email: Jonathan.Lipman@mail.house.gov
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