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ProfileEducation Senator Mary Jo White is a graduate of Quincy University, Quincy, Illinois and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Profession In 1996, Senator White was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate to serve the 21st Senatorial District, which consists of Clarion, Forest and Venango Counties, and parts of Butler, Erie and Warren Counties. She was re-elected in 2000 and 2004. Senator White's committee assignments include: Appropriations, Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, Public Health and Welfare and Judiciary. She is also the Chairman of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. She serves on the Wild Resource Conservation Fund, the Joint Conservation Committee, the Environmental Quality Board, and the PA Commission on Sentencing. For the 2001-2002 Legislative Session, Senator White was elected Caucus Administrator for the Republican Majority, becoming the first woman ever elected to a Senate Republican leadership position. She held this position through the 2005-2006 Legislative Session. From 1974 to 1976, Senator White was the public defender for the County of Venango. She practiced law as an associate with the law firm of Dale and Woodard before joining the legal department of Quaker State Corporation. For 19 years, she served as an attorney and in other capacities with Quaker State Corporation, most recently as Vice President for Environment/Government Affairs. Active in her community, Senator White is past Chairman of the Barrow Civic Theatre Foundation and has served on the Boards of the Venango County Association for the Blind and the Venango Community Foundation. She is concerned about rural health care, and serves on the Center for Rural Health Practice Advisory Board. She is a Commonwealth Trustee of the University of Pittsburgh and is a member of the Military Academy Selection Committee for the Fifth Congressional District. Personal Senator White resides in Franklin with
her husband of 41 years, Judge H. William White. They have
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