Meet Representative Brenda Carter

I have a Bachelor's degree in business administration and a Master's in public administration. In addition, I am a licensed insurance producer/solicitor. I joined the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks in 1975, holding various local, state, and national positions. In 1997 I co-organized the now-historic Million Woman March. My involvement with the Million Woman March and the Elks spurred me on a speaking tour around the globe.

I returned to the United States. At one such speaking engagement, I opened for a young Senator from Illinois. In 2008, that young Senator, Barack H. Obama, would become the first African American President of the United States of America. So, in 1998, I moved to Pontiac, Michigan, where I immediately began working throughout the community.

I spent eight years on the Pontiac School District's Board of Education. I ran for the House of Representatives in 2018. I am in my third term in Michigan's legislature. I represent Precinct 4 in Auburn Hills, Pontiac, and Precincts 14 - 21 in Waterford Township. I chair Insurance and Financial Services and serve on Health Policy, Tax Policy, and the Joint Committee of Administrative Rules (JCAR). I had five bills signed into law.

I created five task force groups in my district. These task force groups are Education, Veterans Fan Out, Poverty and Homelessness, Minority Health, and Criminal Justice Reform. As a result of my work with the Poverty and Homelessness Task Force, I founded and co-chaired the Poverty and Homelessness Caucus, bi-partisan and bi-cameral, to eradicate poverty and homelessness in Michigan.

I am the first woman to represent House District 53.  I am married to Pontiac City Council Protem Emeritus Randy Carter. I am a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc Pontiac Alumnae Chapter, and a member of the New Mount Moriah International Church.