A Representative from California. Born in Massachusetts, March 3, 1974. Graduated from Newton North High School, Newtonville, Mass. , 1992. A. B. , Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. , 1996. M. Phil. , University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 2000. Business executive. Non-profit executive. Executive director, National Space Society, Washington, D. C. , 2004-2008. Staff, transition team for President-elect Barack Obama, 2008-2009. Chief of staff, National Aeronautical and Space Administration, 2009-2010. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress (January 3, 2025-present).