Davis, Susan A. (Susan Alpert), 1944-

<p>Susan Carol Alpert Davis (born April 13, 1944) is a former American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for California's 53rd congressional district for ten terms from 2001 to 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.</p>

<p>Davis was born Susan Carol Alpert in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Dorothy M. "Dora" (née Wexler) and Dr. George R. Alpert. All of her grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. She has spent most of her life in California. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley where she was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority. She earned a master's degree in social work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her husband Steve Davis was a doctor in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. After returning to California, she became a social worker in San Diego.</p>

<p>Davis became active in politics through her membership in the local branch of the League of Women Voters, of which she became president in 1977. She was elected to the San Diego School Board in 1983. She served there until 1992, including two years as president of the body.</p>

DAVIS, Susan A., a Representative from California; born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., April 13, 1944; B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1965; M.S.W., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1968; member of the San Diego, Calif., board of education, 1983-1992; president, 1989-1992; executive director, Aaron Price Fellows, 1990-1994; member of the California state assembly, 1994-2000; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-January 3, 2021); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.