Carolyn Comitta
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| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 156th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Dan Truitt |
| 58th Mayor of West Chester, Pennsylvania | |
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In office January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Dick Yoder |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of the West Chester Borough Council from the 5th Ward |
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In office January 2, 2006 – January 4, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara McIlvaine Smith |
| Succeeded by | Tom Paxson |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Tom |
| Children | Two |
| Residence | West Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | West Chester University, Widener University |
| Occupation | Politician, Educator, Financial officer |
| Website | carolyncomitta.com |
Carolyn Comitta is an American politician, educator and financial officer. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and is currently serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 156th District. Previously, Comitta was the first woman to serve as Mayor of West Chester, the seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Comitta was born in Buffalo, New York, and her family moved to West Goshen when she was 2 years old, where she has lived ever since. Comitta received her BS in Education from West Chester University (then West Chester State College) in 1974, and her M.Ed. from Widener University in 1989.
From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Comitta worked in the Octorara Area School District as a special and gifted education curriculum specialist and teacher. Since 1988, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of World Information Transfer, Inc., a non-profit, non-governmental educational organization focused on health- and environment-related issues.
She currently serves as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of her husband's firm, Thomas Comitta Associates, Town Planners and Landscape Architects.
Comitta was first elected to the West Chester Borough Council in 2005, taking-over the Fifth Ward seat vacated by incumbent Democratic Councilwoman Barbara McIlvaine Smith. While on Council, she served as chair of the Borough Council's Public Safety Committee, and also chaired the Planning Zoning, Business & Industrial Development Committee. She also served as a member of the Parks, Recreation and Environmental Protection Committee, as well as the Finance Committee.
She sought the office of Borough Mayor in 2009, and defeated Councilman Bill Scott in the Democratic primary. She was elected unopposed in the fall general election, and took office the following January. In succeeding the term-limited incumbent Mayor, Republican Dick Yoder, Comitta became West Chester's first ever female Mayor, and its first Democratic Mayor since 1992.
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