Sandi Vito

Sandi Vito
Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
In office
April 23, 2009 – 2010
Preceded byStephen Schmerin
Succeeded byJulia K. Hearthway
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationStockton State University
Temple University

Sandi Vito was the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, a cabinet-level department in the Government of Pennsylvania.[1] She was named Acting Secretary of Labor and Industry in February 2008, replacing Stephen Schmerin.[2] She was confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate on April 23, 2009 by a vote of 45-5.[3]

Prior to that, she was chief of staff to State Senator Christine Tartaglione and political director of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.[4] She earned a degree in economics from Stockton State University and studied Community and Regional Planning and Urban Studies at Temple University.[4] In 2009, Vito was arrested after drinking heavily at a downtown Harrisburg bar. According to police, Vito was "too drunk to sign the citation."[5]

She was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Smartest Staffers and Operatives."[6] In 2002, she was named to the PoliticsPA "Sy Snyder's Power 50" list of politically influential people in Pennsylvania.[7] She was named to the PoliticsPA "Democratic Dream Team" list of top political operatives in Pennsylvania.[8] She was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women."[9]

References

  1. ^ "Sandi Vito (PA)". Project Vote Smart. Archived from the original on 2010-09-29.
  2. ^ "GOVERNOR RENDELL NAMES SANDI VITO ACTING SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY" (Press release). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. February 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-11-02.
  3. ^ Barnes, Tom (April 23, 2009). "State Senate confirms environment, labor secretaries". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  4. ^ a b "Sandi Vito - Secretary of Labor & Industry". Governor's Cabinet Officials. Government of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01.
  5. ^ "Acting Labor/Industry Secretary Sandi Vito pleads guilty to public drunkenness". Harrisburg Patriot-News. 9 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Pennsylvania's Smartest Staffers and Operatives". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. Archived from the original on 2004-04-05.
  7. ^ "Sy Snyder's Power 50". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-04-21.
  8. ^ "Democratic Dream Team". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
  9. ^ "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2004-02-09.


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