Deborah Dingell

Debbie Dingell and husband John at the 2011 Ypsilanti Independence Day Parade

Deborah "Debbie" Dingell (born in 1954) is the wife of Congressman John Dingell and a major figure^{[citation needed]} in the Michigan Democratic Party. She, along with U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D - MI) were^{[citation needed]} the proponents of moving up Michigan's Presidential Primary before February 5, to attempt to garner greater political influence for Michigan during the 2008 Democratic Primaries which resulted in Michigan almost losing half its delegates' votes in the Democratic Convention.

Dingell currently works as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council.^[1]

She is active in many Michigan and Washington, D.C., charities and serves on many charitable boards. She serves as Vice Chair of the Barbara Karmanos Cancer Center and on the Executive Committee, where she co-chairs the Breast Cancer Committee and the Government Relations Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Vital Voices Global Partnership.^[2] She is a 1975 graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Dingell has also has served as vice chairman of the General Motors Foundation and as executive director of Global Community Relations and Government Relations at GM. She is a member of the Democratic National Committee from Michigan and chaired Vice President Al Gore’s campaign in Michigan in 2000. In 2004, she also helped secure the Michigan Democratic primary and general election vote for John Kerry in Michigan.

In November 2006, Dingel was elected to the Board of Governors of Wayne State University in Detroit.^[3] She is scheduled to remain on the board until the expiration of her term at the end of 2014.^[3]

She has been married to Michigan Congressman John Dingell for the past 28^[when?] years. John Dingell is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives.

Footnotes

1. ^ "Debbie Dingell to take new post at American Automotive Policy Council - Crain's Detroit Business - Detroit News and Information". Crainsdetroit.com. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20091026/FREE/910269972. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
2. ^ "Board of Directors". Vital Voices. http://www.vitalvoices.org/about-us/board-directors. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Debbie Dingell," Wayne State University, bog.wayne.edu/

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