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Valerie Foushee was born and raised in Orange County, North Carolina. Valerie was the oldest of six children, born to two teenage parents. She watched her parents work multiple jobs to make ends meet, and was in segregated schooling until sixth grade. Still, Valerie’s parents taught her about the importance of hard work, community, service to your neighbors and education, and those values still shape her today.
For Valerie, a commitment to service is where it all started. As a parent to young children in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, she would leave work at the Chapel Hill Police Department at 7:00 am and work in her children’s classroom until 9:00 am. It was through that volunteer service that she knew kids, especially Black and brown kids, needed a champion on the School Board, who was always looking out for them and their success. So she ran, and she won.
Over the next twenty-four years, Valerie went from serving on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board, to being the first African American female elected to the Orange County Board of Commissioners, to serving in the North Carolina State House and then State Senate. In each of those elected positions, Valerie was focused on the issues that matter most; a good education, creating good-paying jobs, and being a champion for underrepresented communities.
In 2022, she won the election to represent North Carolina’s Fourth District in the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first African American and the first women to represent the Fourth District in Congress.
In Congress, Valerie serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and is the Vice Ranking Member of the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee and a member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee. She also serves on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and is the Ranking Member of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee and a member of the Energy Subcommittee.
Valerie is married to her high school sweetheart, Stan. Stan is a retired Fire Marshall for the City of Carrboro. They have two sons, Stanley II and Terrence, and one grandson, Stanley III.
