Pennsylvania Center for Women & Politics
Women in Elective Office
** Map last updated March 2013
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Women Senators and Representatives in the Pennsylvania General Assembly
| District | First Name | Last Name | Seat | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th Legislative District | Michele | Brooks | Representative | Republican |
| 22nd Legislative District | Erin | Molchany | Representative | Democrat |
| 37th Legislative District | Mindy | Fee | Representative | Republican |
| 50th Legislative District | Pam | Snyder | Representative | Democrat |
| 52nd Legislative District | Deberah | Kula | Representative | Democrat |
| 61st Legislative District | Kate | Harper | Representative | Republican |
| 63rd Legislative District | Donna | Oberlander | Representative | Republican |
| 65th Legislative District | Kathy | Rapp | Representative | Republican |
| 88th Legislative District | Sheryl | Delozier | Representative | Republican |
| 101st Legislative District | Mauree | Gingrich | Representative | Republican |
| 102nd Legislative District | RoseMarie | Swanger | Representative | Republican |
| 103rd Legislative District | Patty | Kim | Representative | Democrat |
| 104th Legislative District | Susan | Helm | Representative | Republican |
| 108th Legislative District | Lynda | Schlegel-Culver | Representative | Republican |
| 110th Legislative District | Tina | Pickett | Representative | Republican |
| 111th Legislative District | Sandra | Major | Representative | Republican |
| 116th Legislative District | Tarah | Toohil | Representative | Republican |
| 117th Legislative District | Karen | Boback | Representative | Republican |
| 120th Legislative District | Phyllis | Mundy | Representative | Democrat |
| 138th Legislative District | Marcia | Hahn | Representative | Republican |
| 141st Legislative District | Tina | Davis | Representative | Democrat |
| 143rd Legislative District | Marguerite | Quinn | Representative | Republican |
| 144th Legislative District | Katherine | Watson | Representative | Republican |
| 147th Legislative District | Marcy | Toepel | Representative | Republican |
| 148th Legislative District | Mary Jo | Daley | Representative | Democrat |
| 153rd Legislative District | Madeleine | Dean | Representative | Democrat |
| 155th Legislative District | Becky | Corbin | Representative | Republican |
| 164th Legislative District | Margo | Davidson | Representative | Democrat |
| 183rd Legislative District | Julie | Harhart | Representative | Republican |
| 185th Legislative District | Maria | Donatucci | Representative | Democrat |
| 189th Legislative District | Rosemary | Brown | Representative | Republican |
| 190th Legislative District | Vanessa | Brown | Representative | Democrat |
| 192nd Legislative District | Louise | Williams Bishop | Representative | Democrat |
| 194th Legislative District | Pamela | DeLissio | Representative | Democrat |
| 195th Legislative District | Michelle | Brownlee | Representative | Democrat |
| 198th Legislative District | Rosita | Youngblood | Representative | Democrat |
| 200th Legislative District | Cherelle | Parker | Representative | Democrat |
| 2nd Senatorial District | Christine | Tartaglione | Senator | Democrat |
| 3rd Senatorial District | Shirley | Kitchen | Senator | Democrat |
| 4th Senatorial District | LeAnna | Washington | Senator | Democrat |
| 11th Senatorial District | Judith | Schwank | Senator | Democrat |
| 18th Senatorial District | Lisa | Boscola | Senator | Democrat |
| 20th Senatorial District | Lisa | Baker | Senator | Republican |
| 31st Senatorial District | Patricia | Vance | Senator | Republican |
| 39th Senatorial District | Kim | Ward | Senator | Republican |
Pennsylvania General Assembly Facts:
- In the Pennsylvania General Assembly, there are total of 45 women.
- Of that 45, 37 are members of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives; they make up only about 18.2% of the House.
- The State Senate has 50 members, 8 are women, putting the percentage of women in the State Senate at 16%
- IN TOTAL, 17.8% OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE WOMEN.
Partisan Breakdown of the Pennsylvania General Assembly:
- Of the women in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, approximately 54.3% are Republican (25 women) 24 and 46.6% are Democratic (21 women).
- In the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, approximately 56.7% of the women are Republican (21 women) and 43.2% are Democratic (16 women).
- In the Pennsylvania State Senate, approximately 37.5% of the women are Republican (3 women) and 62.5% Democratic (5 women).
Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Fact:
- Pennsylvania has never elected a female Governor.
Pennsylvania Federal Delegation:
- Of Pennsylvania's 18 congressional representatives, one is a woman, Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-13th District).
Females Serving in Statewide Appointed Positions
| Position | Name | Appointed By |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of the Commonwealth | Carol Aichele | Tom Corbett |
| Secretary of General Services | Sheri Phillips | Tom Corbett |
| Inspector General | Kenya Mann Faulkner | Tom Corbett |
| Secretary of Labor and Industry | Julia K. Hearthway | Tom Corbett |
| Secretary of Administration | Kelly Powell Logan | Tom Corbett |
| Deputy Chief of Staff | Kathleen Duffy Bruder | Tom Corbett |
| Secretary of Planning and Policy | Jennifer Branstetter | Tom Corbett |
| Secretary of Legislative Affairs | Annmarie Kaiser | Tom Corbett |
| Executive Assistant to the Governor | Karen K. Mitchell | Tom Corbett |
| Deputy General Counsel | Linda Barrett | Stephen Aichele |
| Deputy General Counsel | Andrea Bowman | Stephen Aichele |
| Assistant Deputy General Counsel | Delene Lantz-Johnson | Stephen Aichele |
| Executive Deputy General Counsel | Victoria Page-Wooten | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Office of Administration | Julia Sheridan | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Department of Aging | Harriet Withstandley | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Commission on Crime and Delinquency | Mary Taylor | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources | Kimberly Hummel-Childe | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Department of Corrections | Suzanne Hueston | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Department of Health | Alison Taylor | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Housing Finance Agency | Rebecca Peace | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority | Jayne Blake | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Department of Insurance | Yen Lucan | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel for the Board of Probation and Parole | Linda Laub | Stephen Aichele |
| Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania State Police | Barbara Christie | Stephen Aichele |
| Executive Deputy Secretary of Banking | Victoria Reider | |
| Board of Pardons | Louise B. Williams | Tom Corbett |
| Board of Probation and Parole | Judith Viglione | Tom Corbett |
| Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | Pamela Witmer | Tom Corbett |
| Deputy Secretary for Administration and Regulatory Programs | W. Evelyn Walker | |
| Commissioner of the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs | Katie True | Tom Corbett |
| Executive director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency | Linda Rosenberg | |
| State Civil Service Commission | Odelfa Smith Preston | |
| State Ethics Commission | Raquel Bergen | |
| Human Relations Commission | Raquel O. Yiengst | |
| Human Relations Commission | Kweilin Nassar | |
| Human Relations Commission | Sylvia Waters | |
| Human Relations Commission, Executive Director | JoAnn L. Edwards |
- Total: 37 Women, 122 Men
- Approximately 23% of statewide appointed positions are held by women.
- Updated January 2012
Females on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
| Position | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court | Debra McCloskey-Todd | D |
Gender Breakdown:
- Total: 1 Women, 6 Men
- Percentage: 14% Women, 86% Men
- Updated January 2014
- ** Pennsylvania has never had a female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Females on the Pennsylvania Superior Court
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President Superior Court | Mary Jane Bowes |
| Superior Court | Susan Peikes Gantman |
| Superior Court | Christine Donohue |
| Superior Court | Jacqueline Shogan |
| Superior Court | Cheryl Lynn Allen |
| Superior Court | Anne Lazarus |
| Superior Court | Sallie Updyke Mundey |
| Superior Court | Judith Ference Olsen |
| Superior Court | Paula Francisco Ott |
Gender Breakdown:
- Total: 10 Women, 10 Men
- Percentage: 50% Women, 50% Men
- Updated May 2012
Females on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President Commonwealth Court | Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter |
| Commonwealth Court | Renee Cohn Jubelirer |
| Commonwealth Court | Mary Hannah Leavitt |
| Commonwealth Court | Patricia McCullough |
| Senior Judge Commonwealth Court | Rochelle Friedmen |
Gender Breakdown:
- Total: 5 Women, 9 Men
- Percentage: 36% Women, 64% Men
- Updated May 2012
Females on the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President Judge | Donna Jo McDaniel |
| President Judge | Jolene Grubb Kopriva |
| President Judge | Susan Devlin Scott |
| President Judge | Carol McGinley |
| President Judge | Nancy Butts |
| President Judge | Margherita Patti Worthington |
| President Judge | F. P. Kimberly McFadden |
| President Judge | Kathy Morrow |
| President Judge | Dembe Pamela Pryor |
| President Judge | Maureen Skerda |
| President Judge | Debbie O'Dell Seneca |
| Judge | Kelly Bigley |
| Judge | Cathleen Cawood Bubash |
| Judge | Kim Berkeley Clark |
| Judge | Kathleen Durkin |
| Judge | Kim Eaton |
| Judge | Susan Evashavik DiLucente |
| Judge | Judith Friedman |
| Judge | Kathryn Hens-Greco |
| Judge | Beth Lazzara |
| Judge | Kathleen Mulligan |
| Judge | Jill Rangos |
| Judge | Christine Ward |
| Judge | Deborah Kunselman |
| Judge | Linda Ludgate |
| Judge | Mary Ann Ullman |
| Judge | Elizabeth Doyle |
| Judge | Maureen Beirne |
| Judge | Rea Behney Boylan |
| Judge | Diane Gibbons |
| Judge | Marilyn Horan |
| Judge | Kelley Streib |
| Judge | Linda Fleming |
| Judge | Pamela Ruest |
| Judge | Jacqueline Cody |
| Judge | Katherine Platt |
| Judge | Phyllis Streitel |
| Judge | Christylee L. Peck |
| Judge | Deborah Curcillo |
| Judge | Jeannine Turgeon |
| Judge | Mary Alice Brennan |
| Judge | Linda Cartisano |
| Judge | Kathrynann Durham |
| Judge | Christine Fizzano Cannon |
| Judge | Patricia Jenkins |
| Judge | Ann Osborne |
| Judge | Stephanie Domitrovich |
| Judge | Elizabeth Kelly |
| Judge | Nancy Vernon |
| Judge | Angela Krom |
| Judge | Carol Van Horn |
| Judge | Carol Hanna |
| Judge | Margaret Bisignani Moyle |
| Judge | Patricia Corbett |
| Judge | Leslie Gorbey |
| Judge | Margaret Miller |
| Judge | Kelly Banach |
| Judge | Maria Dantos |
| Judge | Michele Varrichio |
| Judge | Lesa S. Gelb |
| Judge | Tina Polachek Gartley |
| Judge | Jennifer L. Rogers |
| Judge | Joy Renolds McCoy |
| Judge | Jennifer Sibum |
| Judge | Cheryl L. Austin |
| Judge | Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio |
| Judge | Patricia Coonahan |
| Judge | Rhonda Lee Danielle |
| Judge | Wendy Demchik-Alloy |
| Judge | Lois Murphy |
| Judge | Kelly Wall |
| Judge | Paula Roscioli |
| Judge | Jacqueline Allen |
| Judge | Diana L Anhalt |
| Judge | Gwendolyn Bright |
| Judge | Genece Brinkley |
| Judge | Joan Brown |
| Judge | Ann Butchart |
| Judge | Sandy Byrd |
| Judge | Linda Carpenter |
| Judge | Ellen Ciesler |
| Judge | Ida Chen |
| Judge | Mary Alice Colins |
| Judge | Amanda Cooperman |
| Judge | Roxanne Covington |
| Judge | Rose Marie DeFino-Nastasi |
| Judge | Alice Dubow |
| Judge | Lori Dumas Brooks |
| Judge | Holly Ford |
| Judge | Idee Fox |
| Judge | Brenda Frazier Clemens |
| Judge | Elizabeth Jackson |
| Judge | Barbara Joseph |
| Judge | Marlene Lachman |
| Judge | Frederica Massiah-Jackson |
| Judge | Barbara A. McDermott |
| Judge | Patricia Mclnerney |
| Judge | Maria C. McLaughlin |
| Judge | Sandra Mazer Moss |
| Judge | Margaret Theresa Murphy |
| Judge | Carolyn H. Nichols |
| Judge | Paula Patrick |
| Judge | Doris Pechkurow |
| Judge | Nitza Quiñones Alejandro |
| Judge | Lillian Harris Ransom |
| Judge | Lisa Rau |
| Judge | Annette Rizzo |
| Judge | Shelley Robins New |
| Judge | Rosalyn Robinson |
| Judge | Angeles Roca |
| Judge | M. Teresa Sarmina |
| Judge | Susan Schulman |
| Judge | Lisette Shirdan-Harris |
| Judge | Karen Shreeves-Johns |
| Judge | Esther Sylvester |
| Judge | Carolyn Engel Temin |
| Judge | Diane Thompson |
| Judge | Donna Woelpper |
| Judge | Sheila Woods-Skipper |
| Judge | Nina Wright Padilla |
| Judge | Jacqueline Russell |
| Judge | Louise Knight |
| Judge | Janet Moschetta Bell |
| Judge | Katherine Emery |
| Judge | Michele Bononi |
| Judge | Rita Donovan Hathaway |
| Judge | Debra Pezze |
| Judge | Penny Blackwell |
| Judge | Maria Musti Cook |
| Judge | Sheryl Ann Dorney |
| Judge | Andrea Marceca Strong |
| Judge | Ann Marie M. Wheatcraft |
Gender Breakdown:
- Total: 132 Women, 402 Men
- Percentage: 25% Women, 75% Men
- Updated May 2012
Female Magisterial District Judges
| Name |
|---|
| Carolyn Bengal |
| Suzanne Blaschak |
| Mary Ann Cercone |
| Kim Hoots |
| Elissa Lang |
| Maureen McGraw-Desmet |
| Beth Mills |
| Mary Murray |
| Tara Smith |
| Carla Swearingen |
| Linda Zucco |
| Janet Swihart |
| Kathy Calhoun |
| Tonya Osman |
| Kim Bagenstose |
| Andrea Book |
| Gail Greth |
| Phyllis Kowalski |
| Deborah Lachina |
| Ann Young |
| Pamela Aigner |
| M. Kay DuBree |
| Joanne Kline |
| Jean Seaman |
| Maggie Snow |
| Jan Vislosky |
| Sue Haggerty |
| Charity Nileski |
| Mary Ann Zanghi |
| Leslie Dutchcot |
| Rita Arnold |
| Lori Novak Donatelli |
| Nancy Gill |
| Gwenn Knapp |
| Amy Long Turk |
| Ola Stackhouse |
| Rita Marwood |
| Amy Nicols |
| Jessica Brewbaker |
| Vivian Cohick |
| Paula Correal |
| Susan Day |
| Rebecca Jo Margerum |
| Barbara Pianka |
| Marsha Stewart |
| Ann Berardocco |
| Stephanie Klein |
| Elisa Lacianca |
| Kelly Micozzie-Aguirre |
| Andrea Puppio |
| Dawn Vann |
| Suzanne Mack |
| Brenda Nichols |
| Carol Southwick |
| Susan Strohmeyer |
| Denise Stuck-Lewis |
| Wendy Dennis |
| Kelly Rock |
| Carol Johnson |
| Wendy Richards Mellot |
| Mary Jamison |
| Jennifer Rega |
| Susanne Steffee |
| Jacqueline Leister |
| Barbara Lyter |
| Alyce Farrell |
| Laura Turlip Murphy |
| Kelly Ballentine |
| B. Denise Commins |
| Jayne Duncan |
| Nancy Hamill |
| Cheryl Hartman |
| Janice Jimenez |
| Mary Mongiovi Sponaugle |
| Melissa Amodie |
| Jennifer Nicholson |
| Maria Dissinger |
| Christine Heck |
| Donna Butler |
| Karen Devine |
| Patricia Engler |
| Maryesther Merlo |
| Diana Malast |
| Lorinda Hinch |
| Tammy Hunter |
| Kristina Anzini |
| JoLana Krawitz |
| Debby York |
| Ester Casillo |
| Catherine Hummel Fried |
| Margaret Hunsicker-Fleischer |
| Cathleen Kelly Rebar |
| Deborah Lukens |
| Elizabeth McHugh |
| Juanita Price |
| Kathleen Valentine |
| Patricia Zaffarano |
| Karen Eisner Zucker |
| Diane Marakovits |
| Adrianne Masut |
| Nancy Matos Gonzalez |
| Patricia Romig-Passaro |
| Jacqueline Taschner |
| Elizabeth Frownfelter |
| Deborah Fischer |
| Delores Bristol |
| Annette Easton |
| Barbara Easton |
| Carol Pankake |
| Susan Mankamyer |
| Sandra Stevanus |
| Jennifer Vandine |
| Suzanne Brainard |
| Laura Bauer |
| Cynthia Lindemuth |
| Valarie Costanzo |
| Bonnie Carney |
| Jane Farrell |
| Elise Glenn |
| Helen Kistler |
| Cheryl Peck-Yakopec |
| Denise Snyder Theil |
| Nancy Edie |
| Barbara Nixon |
| JoAnn Teyral |
| Linda Lou Williams |
Gender Breakdown:
- Total: 126 Women, 408 Men
- Percentage: 24% Women, 76% Men
- Updated May 2012
Females Justices on the Philadelphia Municipal Court
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President Judge | Marsha Neifield |
| Judge | Georgeanne Daher |
| Judge | Teresa Carr Deni |
| Judge | Jaquelyn Frazier-Lyde |
| Judge | Barbara Gilbert |
| Judge | Lydia Kirkland |
| Judge | Wendy Pew |
| Judge | Joyce Eubanks |
| Judge | Dawn Segal |
| Judge | Karen Simmons |
Gender Breakdown:
- Total: 10 Women, 15 Men
- Percentage: 40% Women, 60% Men
- Updated May 2012
Pittsburgh Municipal Court
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Judge | Carla Swearingen |
Gender Breakdown:
- Total: 1 Woman, 11 Men
- Percentage: 8% Women, 92% Men
- Updated May 2012
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