Susan Wild | |
|---|---|
 official portrait, 2019 | |
| Ranking Member of the House Ethics Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Guest |
| Chair of the House Ethics Committee | |
| In office September 30, 2022 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Ted Deutch |
| Succeeded by | Michael Guest |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office November 27, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Charlie Dent |
| Constituency | 15th district (2018–2019) 7th district (2019–present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Susan Ellis June 7, 1957 Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Russell Wild
(m. 1981; div. 2002)Kerry Acker
(m. 2003; died 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | American University (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
| Website | House website |
Susan Wild (née Ellis; born June 7, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A Democrat, she is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. The district is in the heart of the Lehigh Valley, and includes Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and Bangor. Wild spent the last two months of 2018 as the member for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district after Charlie Dent resigned in 2018. She also co-chairs the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force and is vice chair of both the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Wild is the first woman to represent the Lehigh Valley in Congress.[1] Wild lost her re-election bid in 2024 to Republican Ryan Mackenzie.[2]
- ^ "Susan Wild wins PA-7; Lehigh Valley sending region's first woman to Congress". The Morning Call. November 7, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
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