Yvonne Burke
Member of the Amtrak Board of Directors
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2013
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	New seat
Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district
In office December 1992 – December 1, 2008
Preceded by	Kenneth Hahn
Succeeded by	Mark Ridley-Thomas
Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from the 4th district
In office January 3, 1979 – December 1980
Preceded by	James Hayes
Succeeded by	Deane Dana
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979
Preceded by	Lionel Van Deerlin (37th) Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (28th)
Succeeded by	Jerry Pettis (37th) Julian Dixon (28th)
Constituency	37th district (1973–75) 28th district (1975–79)
Member of the California State Assembly from the 63rd district
In office January 1967 – January 3, 1973
Preceded by	Don Allen
Succeeded by	Julian Dixon
Personal details
Born	Perle Yvonne Watson (1932-10-05) October 5, 1932 (age 92) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Louis Brathwaite ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1964)​ William Burke ​ (m. 1972)​
Children	Autumn
Education	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles (BA) University of Southern California (JD)

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (born October 5, 1932) is an American politician.^[1] She was the first African-American woman to represent the West Coast in Congress. She served in congress from 1973 until the end of 1978. She was the Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the 2nd District (1992–2008).^[2] She was the Chair three times (1993–94, 1997–98, 2002–03).

On December 1, 2008, she retired from the Board of Supervisors and was replaced by Mark Ridley-Thomas.

On March 29, 2012, she was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the Amtrak Board of Directors.^[3][4]

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