Sandi Vito Explained
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. 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Sandi Vito (PA). Project Vote Smart. https://web.archive.org/web/20100929191716/http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=110786. live. 2010-09-29.
- GOVERNOR RENDELL NAMES SANDI VITO ACTING SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY . Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. February 2008. https://archive.today/20091102034500/http://www.state.pa.us/papower/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=471341. dead . 2009-11-02.
- News: Barnes. Tom. Tom Barnes (American journalist). State Senate confirms environment, labor secretaries. . April 23, 2009.
- Web site: Sandi Vito - Secretary of Labor & Industry. Governor's Cabinet Officials. Government of Pennsylvania. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001054531/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2995&PageID=368319&mode=2&contentid=http://pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_general_government_operations/governor_site/cabinet/officials/sandi_vito.html. dead. 2011-10-01.
- Web site: Acting Labor/Industry Secretary Sandi Vito pleads guilty to public drunkenness. Harrisburg Patriot-News. 9 April 2009 .
- Web site: Pennsylvania's Smartest Staffers and Operatives. PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. https://web.archive.org/web/20040405121357/http://politicspa.com/FEATURES/smarteststaff.htm. 2004-04-05.
- Web site: Sy Snyder's Power 50 . . The Publius Group. 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020421165540/http://www.politicspa.com/features/power50.htm. 2002-04-21.
- Web site: Democratic Dream Team. PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20020803094023/http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/dreamteamDem.htm. 2002-08-03.
- Web site: Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women. PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20040209095936/http://politicspa.com/features/mostpoliticallypowerfulwomen.htm. 2004-02-09.
