Eileen Filler-Corn served as the 56th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates after successfully leading Democratic efforts to flip the House of Delegates in Virginia for the first time in a generation in 2019.
Eileen was the first woman and person of Jewish faith in the 400-year history of Virginia’s legislature to serve as Speaker.
As Speaker, Filler-Corn led the most progressive House of Delegates agenda in Virginia’s history, passing an increase to the minimum wage, expanding abortion rights, legalizing cannabis, advancing a path to carbon neutrality, strengthening gun safety laws, expanding voting rights, and so much more.
Eileen is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Jewish Committee of Greater Washington, the Fairfax County Arts Council, and Jobs for America’s Graduates.
She was an original organizer of the Million Mom March, acting as the Vice President and Chair of the Northern Virginia chapter in 2001. Prior to her election to the House, she also served in
the administrations of Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Eileen and her husband, Bob, are active members of the Northern Virginia community where they raised their two children.
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