Ms. Comstock currently serves as a member of Vivint Smart Home’s board of directors.
Ms. Comstock has a distinguished career as an American politician, business leader, lawyer, and women’s advocate. She has three decades of leadership and management experience in state and federal government, the media, business, and philanthropy, and has worked closely with senior leaders across a wide range of industries on a bi-partisan basis throughout her career. During her time in the U.S. House of Representatives she served on the Science, Space and Technology Committee, the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Joint Economic Committee, and the House Administration Committee.
During her freshman term in Congress, Ms. Comstock was selected as the Chairwoman of The Subcommittee on Research and Technology on the Science Committee. In this role, she held critical hearings on a number of the pressing issues, including cybersecurity, medicine and technology, and privacy. Additionally, she was a founder of the Diversifying Technology Caucus which was bipartisan caucus aimed at getting more women, minorities and veterans into the tech sector.
Following her time in Congress, Ms. Comstock has served in a number of roles. She has been a Senior Adviser at Baker Donelson in Washington, D.C., where she works with clients on public policy and communications issues involving both federal and state matters. Since 2019, Ms. Comstock has also served as a Board Member for Trustar Bank, VIEWPac, and Winning4Women.
Prior to her time in Congress, Ms. Comstock was a member of the Virginia General Assembly from 2010 to 2015. During her tenure in the General Assembly, she was Chairwoman of the Science and Technology Committee. In addition to her public service, Ms. Comstock has been active in helping young women with their educational and career goals. In 2013, while serving in the Virginia General Assembly, Ms. Comstock founded her “Young Women’s Leadership Program,” which she continued while she served in Congress. Upon leaving Congress, she continued the program, named “The Barbara Comstock Program for Women in Leadership,” at George Mason University, which is designed to inspire the next generation of women leaders by exposing high school and junior high young women to women leaders in government and the private sector.