Sworn-in on January 2, 2015, as the District’s seventh elected mayor, Mayor Bowser has made significant contributions to create economic opportunity throughout the District.Bowser has expanded the Summer Youth Employment Program; extended Kids Ride Free to Metro Rail; added $100 million in the Housing Production Trust Fund to expand affordable housing opportunities; and made historic investments to end homelessness.
Prior to her time as Mayor, Bowser served as the Ward 4 councilmember of the DC Council – first elected in a special election in 2007, and re-elected in 2008 and 2012. Bowser also served as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in the Riggs Park neighborhood. A native Washingtonian, Bowser earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Chatham College and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from American University.