Judy Schwank | |
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Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 11th district | |
Assumed office April 5, 2011 [1] | |
Preceded by | Michael O'Pake |
Member of the Berks County Board of Commissioners | |
In office January 3,2000 –January 7,2008 | |
Preceded by | Anthony Carabello [2] |
Succeeded by | Kevin Barnhardt |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jim |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Fleetwood |
Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University Harvard University |
Judith Schwank (born 1951) is an American politician. A Democrat,she was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate from the 11th district in a special election on March 15,2011 to succeed the late Michael O'Pake. [3] The district includes the city of Reading and most of eastern Berks County.
Schwank attended the Pennsylvania State University,where she earned a B.S. and M.Ed. in agricultural education. [4] She continued her studies at Harvard University,where she completed the Executive Leadership Program through the Institute for Conservation Leadership and the Institute for the Management of Life-Long Education. [5]
Schwank then worked as a Berks County horticultural agent with the Penn State Cooperative Extension for 19 years,during which time she established the Master Gardener Program. [5] In 1991,she became the first female director of the Berks County Cooperative Extension Program,a position she held until 1999. [6]
From 2000 to 2007,Schwank served two terms as an elected Berks County Commissioner. [4] She also served as the Commission chair from 2004 to 2007. [7] ""I always thought Berks County was property-tax central," said state Sen. Judy Schwank,a Democrat whose district is in Berks County." [8] In 2004,she was appointed by Governor Ed Rendell as chair of the Pennsylvania State Planning Board. [7] She later served as President and CEO of 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania,a statewide non-profit organization that promotes responsible land use and development. [5] In January 2010,she was appointed Dean of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at Delaware Valley College. [7]
On December 27,2010,longtime Democratic State Senator Michael O'Pake died from complications following heart surgery. [6] A special election was announced to fill the remaining two years in O'Pake's four-year term. On January 22,2011,Schwank was nominated by the Berks County Democratic Committee and subsequently approved by the state committee. [9]
Her Republican opponent was Larry Medaglia,the Berks County register of wills. On March 15,Schwank soundly defeated Medaglia by a margin of 58%-42%. [10] She received 20,124 votes to Medaglia's 14,794. [10]
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