Jared Huffman

Jared Huffman was born in Independence, Missouri, on February 18, 1964, and graduated from William Chrisman High School there in 1982. He earned a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1986 and a J.D. from Boston College in 1990. He practiced law privately and was a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council from 2001 to 2006.

Huffman was a member of the Marin County municipal water district board of directors from 2001 to 2006 and of the California state assembly from 2006 to 2012. He was elected as a Democrat to the House, and his service began on January 3, 2013. His House website says he is Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Resources in the 119th Congress; he also sits on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.