Susan Wild

Susan Wild (née Ellis; born June 7, 1957) is an American attorney 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. From September 2022 to January 2023 , she was chair of the House Ethics Committee. She continues to sit on the committee as ranking member. 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.

Susan Wild
Ranking Member of the House Ethics Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byMichael Guest
Chair of the House Ethics Committee
In office
September 30, 2022  January 3, 2023
Preceded byTed Deutch
Succeeded byMichael Guest
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
Assumed office
November 27, 2018
Preceded byCharlie Dent
Constituency15th district (2018–2019)
7th district (2019–present)
Personal details
Born
Susan Ellis

(1957-06-07) June 7, 1957
Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Russell Wild
(m. 1981; div. 2002)

Kerry Acker
(m. 2003; died 2019)
Children2
EducationAmerican University (BA)
George Washington University (JD)
WebsiteHouse website
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