Sandi Vito | |
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Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry | |
In office April 23, 2009 – 2010 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Schmerin |
Succeeded by | Julia K. Hearthway |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Education |
Stockton 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]