Sandi Vito was the Secretary of the
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is a cabinet-level agency in the Government of Pennsylvania. The agency is charged with the task of overseeing the health and safety of workers, enforcement of the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction ...
, a cabinet-level department in the
Government of Pennsylvania
The Government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the governmental structure of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as established by the Pennsylvania Constitution. It is composed of three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The capi ...
. She was named Acting Secretary of Labor and Industry in February 2008, replacing
Stephen Schmerin. She was confirmed by the
Pennsylvania Senate
The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered ev ...
on April 23, 2009 by a vote of 45-5.
Prior to that, she was Chief of Staff to State Senator
Christine Tartaglione
Christine M. "Tina" Tartaglione (born September 21, 1960) is an American politician from Pennsylvania currently serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 2nd District since 1995. The district is located ...
and political director of the
Pennsylvania Democratic Party
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is headquartered in Harrisburg and is the largest political party in the state. Its chair is Senator Sharif Street.
Governor Tom Wol ...
.
She earned a degree in economics from
Stockton State University and studied Community and Regional Planning and Urban Studies at
Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...
.
In 2009, Vito was arrested after drinking heavily at a downtown Harrisburg bar. According to police, Vito was "too drunk to sign the citation."
She was named to the
PoliticsPA
PoliticsPA.com is a website centered on the politics of Pennsylvania.
Content
The website reports on political and campaign news in Pennsylvania, from the state legislature up to federal races. The editors write occasional features, like the we ...
list of "Pennsylvania's Smartest Staffers and Operatives."
In 2002, she was named to the
PoliticsPA
PoliticsPA.com is a website centered on the politics of Pennsylvania.
Content
The website reports on political and campaign news in Pennsylvania, from the state legislature up to federal races. The editors write occasional features, like the we ...
"Sy Snyder's Power 50" list of politically influential people in Pennsylvania.
She was named to the
PoliticsPA
PoliticsPA.com is a website centered on the politics of Pennsylvania.
Content
The website reports on political and campaign news in Pennsylvania, from the state legislature up to federal races. The editors write occasional features, like the we ...
"Democratic Dream Team" list of top political operatives in Pennsylvania.
She was named to the
PoliticsPA
PoliticsPA.com is a website centered on the politics of Pennsylvania.
Content
The website reports on political and campaign news in Pennsylvania, from the state legislature up to federal races. The editors write occasional features, like the we ...
list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women."
References
Living people
State cabinet secretaries of Pennsylvania
Politics of Pennsylvania
Government of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Democrats
Year of birth missing (living people)
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