Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
Elizabeth Barclay Bennett-Parker is an American politician and former nonprofit executive. A Democrat, she is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 5th district.
Early life and early career
Bennett-Parker was born to two naval officers in Alexandria, Virginia. She attended Cornell University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in History and the University of London where she earned her master's degree.She co-led Together We Bake, a non-profit job training and personal development program and founded Fruitcycle, a social enterprise that combated food waste.
Political career
Alexandria City Council
Bennett-Parker served on the Alexandria City Council from 2019 to 2021 and was Vice Mayor of Alexandria from 2019 to 2021.Virginia House of Delegates
Bennett-Parker ran in the 2021 election, and in the primary defeated incumbent delegate Mark Levine, who was simultaneously running for lieutenant governor, with 59.24% of the vote. In the general election she defeated Republican J.D. Maddox with 73.68% of the vote.Bennett-Parker ran unopposed for re-election in 2023.
In 2024, Bennett-Parker was selected to join the Future Caucus Innovation Fellowship as a member of the Healthcare cohort, a fellowship for young legislators invested in building bipartisan policy to address key healthcare issues.