Miller-Meeks, Mariannette Jane a Representative from Iowa; born in Herlong, Lassen County, Calif., September 6, 1955; attended San Antonio Junior College, San Antonio, Texas; B.S.N., Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 1976; M.S., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1980; M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1986; United States Army; United States Army Reserve; assistant professor, University of Michigan, 1991-1994; assistant professor, University of Iowa, 1994 – 1997;  ophthalmologist; director, Iowa Department of Public Health, 2010 – 2013; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008, One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010, and One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014; member of the Iowa state senate, 2019 – 2020; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021 – Present).