A Representative from California. Born in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, Calif. , July 18, 1963. B. S. , University of Nevada, Reno, Nev. , 1986. M. B. A. , Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex. , 1999. Engineer. Non-profit executive. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (January 3, 2019-January 3, 2021). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.