Kathy Boockvar

Kathy Boockvar
Kathy Boockvar
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
	In office; January 5, 2019 – February 5, 2021 Acting: January 5, 2019 – November 19, 2019;
Governor	Tom Wolf
Preceded by	Robert Torres (acting)
Succeeded by	Veronica Degraffenreid (acting)
Personal details
Born	Kathryn Boockvar; October 23, 1968; New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Jordan Yeager
Education	University of Pennsylvania (BA); American University (JD);

Kathryn Boockvar (/ˈbʊkvɑːr/, born October 23, 1968) is an American attorney and politician who served as the secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from January 5, 2019 to February 5, 2021. She was appointed to the position by Governor Tom Wolf. Boockvar has previously served as Senior Advisor to the Governor on Election Modernization, beginning in March 2018. In August 2019, she was named co-chair of the Elections Committee of the National Association of Secretaries of State.

Boockvar previously served as chief counsel at the Pennsylvania auditor general, on the board of commissioners of the Delaware River Port Authority, and as executive director of Lifecycle WomanCare, a birth center in suburban Philadelphia. She has worked as a poll worker and voting-rights attorney in Pennsylvania.

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