Patricia Strachota

Pat Strachota
Chair of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission
Assumed office
June 2022
Preceded byAwais Khaleel
Member of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission
Assumed office
June 30, 2016
Appointed byRobin Vos
Preceded byPosition established
Majority Leader of the Wisconsin Assembly
In office
March 4, 2014 – January 5, 2015
Preceded byBill Kramer
Succeeded byJim Steineke
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 58th district
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 5, 2015
Preceded byGlenn Grothman
Succeeded byBob Gannon
Personal details
Born (1955-06-29) June 29, 1955 (age 69)
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Children4
ResidenceWest Bend, Wisconsin
Alma materSt. Mary's College, South Bend, Indiana
OccupationPolitician

Patricia "Pat" Strachota (born June 29, 1955) is an American government administrator and Republican politician from West Bend, Wisconsin. She is the chair of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, since June 2022. She has been a member of the commission since its creation in 2016, appointed by Wisconsin Assembly speaker Robin Vos and reappointed by him in 2021. She previously served 10 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, and was majority leader from March 2014 to January 2015.