Marcy Kaptur

Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur was born in Toledo, Ohio, on June 17, 1946. She graduated from St. Ursula Academy in Toledo in 1964, earned a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1968 and an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1974, attended the University of Manchester in England in 1974, and did post-graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981. She worked as an urban planner for the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions from 1969 to 1975 and was director of planning at the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs from 1975 to 1977.

From 1977 to 1979 she was assistant director for urban affairs on the domestic policy staff of the Executive Office of the President. She was elected as a Democrat to the 98th Congress and to the twenty-one succeeding Congresses, serving since January 3, 1983. She sits on the Appropriations and Budget committees.