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Mary Bono (née Whitaker and formerly Mary Bono Mack, born October 24, 1961) is a former U.S. Representative for , and previously the 44th, serving from 1998 to 2013. She was first elected to Congress to replace her late husband, Sonny Bono, who had died months before. She is a member of the Republican Party. Bono's district was based in Palm Springs and included most of central and eastern Riverside County. She sat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and was Chairwoman for the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. Bono was defeated in her bid for reelection in 2012 by Dr. Raul Ruiz. She was, at the time, the sole female Republican in California's congressional delegation, and until Congresswoman Mimi Walters was elected in November 2014, no other female Republican was part of the delegation. On March 19, 2013, Bono announced she was joining Washington, D.C.-based federal affairs firm FaegreBD Consulting as senior vice president.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Former Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack Joins FaegreBD Consulting )〕 Now a principal, she focuses her government advocacy and consulting practice there on legislative, regulatory and policy matters related to the entertainment, media and information technology sectors. She also is a nationally recognized advocate for drug abuse prevention and treatment. Bono is married to former astronaut and retired Navy rear admiral Stephen S. Oswald.〔https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2015/09/29/former-congresswoman-mary-bono-weds-former-astronaut/〕 ==Early life and career== Bono was born Mary Whitaker in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Karen Lee (née Taylor), a chemist, and Dr. Clay Westerfield Whitaker, a physician and World War II veteran. In 1963, in her second year, she moved with her parents to South Pasadena, California.〔(''About Mary'', memoir written by Mary Bono. )〕 She graduated from the University of Southern California in 1984 with a bachelor of arts in art history. She was an accomplished gymnast in her youth. In 1986, she married actor/singer Sonny Bono and moved to Palm Springs where the two operated a restaurant they owned.〔 Sonny Bono served as Mayor of Palm Springs from 1988 to 1992 before being elected to Congress in 1994. Sonny Bono died in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998. Subsequently, she won the Republican nomination for the special election to succeed him. She then won in the special election held on April 7, 1998. She won a full term later that same year, in November 1998. She was re-elected continuously until the Democratic candidate, Dr. Raul Ruiz, a physician, defeated her in the 2012 general election. As a principal at FaegreBD Consulting, Bono advises clients on telecommunications, energy, health care, land management and water policy sectors, as well as strategic communications. She works with telecommunications companies to "develop thoughtful policies that grow the Internet economy and maximize broadband networks throughout the U.S."〔>(Press release – Former Congresswoman Mary Bono Joins FaegreBD Consulting (March 19, 2013) )〕 In June 2013, a group of leading telecommunications firms announced formation of the 21st Century Privacy Coalition, which focuses on updating U.S. privacy and data security laws. Mary Bono and Jon Leibowitz, former Federal Trade Commission chairman, were named co-chairs of the coalition.〔Tau, Byron, and Palmer, Anna. "(Exclusive – Communications industry forms privacy coalition )." ''Politico'', June 26, 2013.〕 In June 2013, Bono helped lead expansion of Faegre Baker Daniels and FaegreBD Consulting into Silicon Valley, in her home state of California. Bono leads FaegreBD Consulting's focus on information technology services in Silicon Valley while operating primarily from the firm's Washington, D.C. office.〔(Press Release – Faegre Baker Daniels Expands Operations to Silicon Valley ) (June 6, 2013)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Bono」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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