Joanna McClinton

Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Elected to serve communities in Philadelphia and Delaware County in 2015, Joanna McClinton was the first woman elected Democratic Caucus Chair, the first woman elected Democratic Leader and is Pennsylvania’s first woman House Speaker.

A lifelong resident of southwest Philadelphia, she graduated from Grace Temple Christian Academy, LaSalle University, and Villanova University School of Law, and was a public defender and chief counsel to Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams before being elected.

McClinton has earned several distinctions including City and State PA’s 40 Under 40, Politico Recast’s Power List, and a NewDeal Rising Leader.