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

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. She was named Acting Secretary of Labor and Industry in February 2008, replacing Stephen Schmerin. She was confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate 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 calle ...

. 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 list of "Pennsylvania's Smartest Staffers and Operatives." In 2002, she was named to the PoliticsPA "Sy Snyder's Power 50" list of politically influential people in Pennsylvania. She was named to the PoliticsPA "Democratic Dream Team" list of top political operatives in Pennsylvania. She was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women."

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