Kathy Boockvar

Kathy Boockvar
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In office
January 5, 2019 – February 5, 2021
  • Acting: January 5, 2019 – November 19, 2019
GovernorTom Wolf
Preceded byRobert Torres (acting)
Succeeded byVeronica Degraffenreid (acting)
Personal details
Born
Kathryn Boockvar

(1968-10-23) October 23, 1968 (age 56)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJordan Yeager
Education

Kathryn Boockvar (/ˈbʊkvɑːr/, born October 23, 1968)[1] is an American attorney and politician who served as the secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from January 5, 2019 to February 5, 2021. She was appointed to the position by Governor Tom Wolf. Boockvar has previously served as Senior Advisor to the Governor on Election Modernization, beginning in March 2018.[2] In August 2019, she was named co-chair of the Elections Committee of the National Association of Secretaries of State.[3]

Boockvar previously served as chief counsel at the Pennsylvania auditor general, on the board of commissioners of the Delaware River Port Authority, and as executive director of Lifecycle WomanCare, a birth center in suburban Philadelphia.[4] She has worked as a poll worker and voting-rights attorney in Pennsylvania.[5]

  1. ^ "Pennsylvania Bar Association – Kathy Boockvar Personal Data Questionnaire" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Gov. Wolf reshuffles cabinet ahead of second term | TribLIVE.com". archive.triblive.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Elections and Voting During a Pandemic Webinar". Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "/ccpa/". TribLIVE.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference pa_sec_bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).