Jill Long Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Member of the United States House of Representatives
Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1952
Place of Birth: Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Jill Long Thompson
- Jill Lynette Long Thompson (born July 15, 1952) is an American politician and educator.
- A former Congresswoman from Indiana, she teaches ethics as a Visiting Associate Clinical Professor at the Kelley School of Business and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington.
- Until 2015 she was board chair and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration, a position to which she was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009.
- Long Thompson completed her tenure there in March 2015.
- The first person in her family to graduate from college, she earned a B.S.
- Degree in business administration at Valparaiso University and an M.B.A.
- and Ph.D.
- in business at Indiana University.
- She is a member of the Democratic Party. Her political career began when she was elected to the City Council in Valparaiso in 1983.
- She was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1989, representing a heavily Republican district for three terms.
- In 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Long Thompson to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
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