Valerie Gaydos | |
---|---|
Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives from the 44th district | |
Assumed office December 1, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Mark Mustio |
Personal details | |
Born | Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,U.S. | July 3,1967
Political party | Republican |
Education | Dickinson College (BA) |
Valerie Gaydos (born July 3,1967) is an American businesswoman [1] [2] [3] [4] and politician serving as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 44th district. Elected in November 2018,she assumed office on December 1,2018.
Gaydos was born in Pittsburgh in 1967. After graduating from Sewickley Academy in 1986,she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian language and economics from Dickinson College in 1989. [5]
Gaydos began her public service career in 1989 as a legislative assistant for the Pennsylvania State Senate's Republican Caucus,and continued in that role until 1992,when she was hired as the director of the Greater Baltimore Technology Council. [6] She worked for the council until 1995. [7]
She founded Capitol Growth,Inc. in Baltimore,Maryland in 1994. [8] [9] By 2002,her firm was operating in Harrisburg,Pennsylvania. [10] She continues as the company's president and chief executive officer,according to her current Pennsylvania House of Representatives biography. [11]
In 2002,she founded 51st Associates,LLC and continues to serve as that company's president as well. She then founded the Angel Venture Forum in 2012 and remains that firm's president. [12]
Gaydos was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in November 2018 and assumed office on December 1,2018. [13] During the 2019–2020 legislative session,Gaydos served as chair of the House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Economic Development. In the 2021–2022 session,she chaired the Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Small Business and served as secretary of the House Liquor Control Committee. [14]
Since her initial victory,she has been re-elected to three additional consecutive terms,in 2020,2022,and 2024. [15]
Russell Conwell "Jing" Johnson was a pitcher during five seasons of American Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics.
Elisabeth "Lisa" Bennington was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 21st District.
Kathleen Ann Dahlkemper is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected the county executive of Erie County,Pennsylvania in 2013 and served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2011.
Carole A. Rubley is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She represented the 157th District from 1993 until her retirement in 2009.
Susan Bogosian Laughlin was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Patricia Ann Carone,also known as Patricia Ann Carone Krebs or Patricia Carone Krebs,is an American high school teacher who became a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during the 1990s.
Denny J. Bixler was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Colleen Ann Sheehan is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. A former,longtime member of the Villanova University faculty,she is currently a professor of politics and ethics in the Arizona State University's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership (SKETL).
Teststrecke,meaning Test Track in German,is a portable steel roller coaster owned by the German showman partnership Meyer &Rosenzweig. It was imported from Dorney Park &Wildwater Kingdom in 2008 and mostly tours in Germany,with occasional visits to the Netherlands.
The 1992 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 3,1992. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Arlen Specter narrowly won re-election to a third term,garnering just forty-nine percent of the vote in what was described by The Philadelphia Inquirer as a "massive turnout for Bill Clinton."
Tarah C. Toohil is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 to 2021. She is currently a judge on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.
Marcy L. Toepel is an American politician and member of the Republican Party. She represented the 147th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2010 until 2020.
Georgina Pope Yeatman was an American architect. In 1936,she became the first woman to serve as the director of architecture for the city of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,which,at that time,was the third largest city in the United States.
Judith "Judy" Ward is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate,representing the 30th Senatorial district in Blair County,Pennsylvania in the United States. A Republican,she previously served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Kate Anne Klunk is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 169th House district in York County,Pennsylvania. Klunk was elected to serve as a representative on November 4,2014.
Anita Astorino Kulik is an American politician who has served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 45th district since 2017.
Wendy Ullman is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,she represented the 143rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021.
Susie Monroe was a teacher,dressmaker and beauty salon owner who was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1948.
Lisa A. Borowski is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 168th District since 2023.
Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz is an American businesswoman and politician who is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 129th district.