Nerissa Bretania Underwood
Nerissa Bretania Underwood | |
|---|---|
| Senator of the Guam Legislature | |
| In office January 5, 2015 – January 2, 2017 | |
| Superintendent of the Guam Department of Education | |
| In office 2007–2011 | |
| Governor | Felix Perez Camacho |
| Preceded by | Juan Flores |
| Succeeded by | Jon Fernandez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nerissa Bretania 1955 (age 69–70) Iloilo, Philippines |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Shafer (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Guam (BA) University of Oregon (MS, PhD) |
Nerissa Bretania Underwood (née Bretania; born 1955) is a Guamanian politician who served as the senator in Guam Legislature, also former vice chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Guam, a former superintendent of the Guam Department of Education, and the wife of former Democratic Guam Congressional Delegate Robert A. Underwood. She is previously serving as the chairperson of the legislature's Committee on Early Learning, Juvenile Justice, Public Education and First Generation Initiatives and as the vice chairperson on the Committee on Higher Education, Culture, Public Libraries, and Women's Affairs.