Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman is serving his first full term in the Pennsylvania Senate. Joe is a lifelong resident of Indiana County, and represents the 41st Senatorial District in Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland counties.
As leader of the Senate Republican Caucus, Joe works with his colleagues to ensure the rights of Pennsylvania citizens remain safeguarded. He has been a champion for advancing legislative initiatives to create jobs, implement infrastructure improvements, support law enforcement and limit government overreach.
Prior to being elected by his colleagues to serve as majority leader in 2022, Joe served as chairman of the Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee, vice chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee, and as a member of the Appropriations, Banking & Insurance, Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, and Judiciary committees. He was also a member of the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Board of Directors.
Thanks in large part to his parents John and Mary Ann (Yevchak), Joe learned the importance of service and civic leadership at a young age. He has carried on the enduring tradition of working to better his community by serving as a past board member of the United Way of Indiana and as a member of the Purchase Line Red Dragon Foundation. Joe is also a life-member of the NRA, as well as a member of the Indiana County Republican Committee, Ford City Sportsmen’s Association and the Indiana-Franklin Lodge #313.
Prior to joining the Senate, Joe served as former Sen. Don White’s chief of staff. In that role, he developed strong working relationships with members of the General Assembly, legislative staff and officials across several state agencies.
Joe holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Penn State University.
Joe resides in Indiana County with his wife Gina (DiMaio) and their four children: Joe Jr., Sam, Rosie and Frannie. He and Gina are members of the St. Thomas More University Parish in Indiana.
As the 78th Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, businesswoman and retired U.S. Army Reserve Colonel Stacy Garrity is focused on transparency, cutting waste and fees, returning more than $4.5 billion in unclaimed property to its rightful owners, and making education affordable for Pennsylvanians. Stacy understands the challenges that Pennsylvania families face, and she brings the same common sense that people use to manage their own finances to the Treasurer’s office.
Stacy served a remarkable three deployments in the Army Reserve in defense of the United States: in 1991 in Operation Desert Storm, in 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and in 2008 in Operation Enduring Freedom. She was awarded the Bronze Star twice for exceptional service and received the Legion of Merit before retiring from the Army Reserve with the rank of colonel.
As Pennsylvania Treasurer, Stacy oversees an office of more than 300 employees and is tasked with protecting more than $150 billion in state assets. Among her many duties, she serves as a fiscal watchdog for the state and manages the PA 529 College & Career Savings Program, Keystone Scholars, and the PA ABLE Savings Program, which helps people with disabilities save without fear of losing important benefits. She also administers the state’s unclaimed property program. Stacy was elected on November 3, 2020, and was sworn into office on January 19, 2021.
Since taking office, she has worked to make PA 529 accounts work better for Pennsylvanians of all backgrounds by cutting fees (saving account holders more than $11 million), eliminating the minimum deposit required to open an account, and allowing families to make contributions as low as $1. During her tenure, the number of PA 529 accounts has grown to more than 296,000 while total assets have grown to more than $7.3 billion.
Stacy has also cut fees for PA ABLE. Under her leadership, the number of PA ABLE accounts has grown to more than 8,500, and total PA ABLE assets have nearly tripled to over $115 million. She was elected as the inaugural Chair of the ABLE Savings Plan Network, a group formed by the National Association of State Treasurers, and she was a vocal advocate for the federal ABLE Age Adjustment Act, which will make ABLE programs available to an additional 6 million people with disabilities – including 1 million veterans.
Stacy is committed to making it as easy as possible for people to receive unclaimed property which belongs to them. She oversaw the first systemwide upgrade to Treasury’s unclaimed property system in more than 15 years, implemented a fast-track return system for simple claims, introduced the use of direct deposit payments, and added Pennsylvania to the national website MissingMoney.com. To date, she has returned more than $600 million of unclaimed property to its rightful owners – including a record-setting $273.7 million in Fiscal Year 2022-23.
As a veteran, Stacy is also focused on returning the hundreds of military decorations being safeguarded in Treasury’s vault. These medals and other decorations usually come to Treasury from forgotten safe deposit boxes and include dog tags, medals, campaign ribbons, Purple Hearts, and even Bronze Stars. She has returned more than 410 military decorations to the veterans who earned them or their families, including 10 Purple Hearts and 3 Bronze Stars.
Committed to her local community, Stacy serves on the board of Bradford County United Way and is a trustee of Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre.
She is married to Daniel Gizzi, a project analyst at Corning Incorporated. She worships at Christian Life Church.
As State Treasurer, Stacy serves as Chair of the Board of Finance and Revenue and is also a member of the following boards, commissions and committees: State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) Board, Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) Board, Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (PMRS) Board, Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, Tuition Account Program (PA 529) Advisory Board, State Public School Building Authority, Pennsylvania Higher Education Facilities Authority, State Workers’ Insurance Fund Board, Mine Subsidence Insurance Board, Delaware River Port Authority, Pennsylvania / New York Joint Interstate Bridge Commission, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (as a non-voting member), Pennsylvania Community Development Bank Operational Committee, and Local Government Records Committee.