Speaker Joanna McClinton

Elected to serve communities in Philadelphia and Delaware County in 2015, Joanna McClinton became Pennsylvania’s first woman Speaker of the House in February 2023.

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

McClinton has earned several distinctions including City and State PA’s 40 Under 40 and Politico Recast’s Power List.