Delegate Michelle Lopes Maldonado represents Virginia's 20th House District in Northern Virginia. She serves as Chair of the Affordable Housing Policy Committee for the House Democratic Caucus as well as Chair for the Judicial Subcommittee of the Courts of Justice and the Insurance and Financial Institutions Subcommittee for Labor and Commerce. She also is a member of the Privileges & Elections and Communications and Technology & Innovation Committees.

As a former technology lawyer and tech leader, Delegate Maldonado is Founding Chair of the General Assembly's Technology & Innovation Caucus and a member of the NCSL national Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity & Privacy. She also sits on the Joint Commission on Science and Technology (JCOTS) and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Commission on AI In Education. Delegate Maldonado's other Board and Commission memberships include the Health Insurance Reform Commission (HIRC) and the Virginia Commission on Coal & Energy.

In her non-elected capacity, Delegate Maldonado has deep experience in strategic partnerships and business development, along with technology, and workforce development. As a result of her work, she has been recognized as “Woman of The Year,” “Top Corporate Leader," among the “12 Powerful Women in the Mindfulness Movement," a "2024 Impact Maker" by Virginia Magazine, and was inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society. Delegate Maldonado’s work has been featured in the DQ Institute in association with the World Economic Forum, United Nations Global Engagement Summit, the Mindful Leader Summit, Huff Post, and Thrive Global. She is a proud graduate of Barnard College at Columbia University and The George Washington University School of Law. She and her family live in Northern Virginia.