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Family

Wife and Mother

• Kathi lives in Uwchlan Township with her husband Victor and their 9-year-old son. They attend St. Paul United Church of Christ in Exton, PA.

Elected Official and Business Manager

• Kathi is currently serving a four-year term as County Commissioner for Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• From 2001 through 2007, Kathi was Corporate Business Manager at Rodale Inc. in Emmaus, PA.

Experience

Education

• Kathi received a BS in Accounting from the College of New Jersey in 1984.

Financial Management

• Kathi has accumulated over 20 years of versatile Financial Management experience in several different industries; she has experience managing large and complex budgets as well as in financial planning.
• Her diverse career experience includes tenures as
  • Financial Analyst
  • Director of Treasury Operations
  • Assistant Controller
  • Business Manager

Activism

Kathi first became involved in politics in 2005 when then-Commissioner Dinniman asked her to run for County Controller. Kathi’s campaign focused on her…

• Commitment to fiscal responsibility
• Ideas to control county taxes
• Support for a more open and honest government

At the polls, Independent and Republican voters joined Democrats in supporting Kathi. She garnered over 48 percent of the vote — a record for a Democrat running for County office. Since that time, Kathi has stayed involved in Democratic Politics. She is…

• Chester County Democratic Committee’s District Leader for the 155th District, which encompasses…
  • East Brandywine
  • West Brandywine
  • Caln
  • East Caln
  • South Coventry
  • East Downingtown
  • Uwchlan
  • Upper Uwchlan
• Chester County Democratic Committee’s Committeeperson for Uwchlan 3 (an elective office)
• Co-Chair of Representative Barbara McIlvaine Smith’s successful 2006 campaign for the Pennsylvania General Assembly House of Representatives.

Kathi’s Résumé