Wild, Susan Ellis, 1957-

Congresswoman Susan Wild has been a member of the Lehigh Valley community for more than 30 years. Her two adult children were born and raised in the Valley, where they attended public schools. Susan built a successful legal practice while raising her two children and became the first woman to be appointed as Allentown City Solicitor. In November 2018, Congresswoman Wild was elected as the first woman to represent Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congresswoman Wild has been appointed to the House Education and Labor Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee and is committed to fighting for quality, affordable health care for all, an economy that benefits every member of our community, and reforming our political system to return government to the American people.

<p>Susan Ellis Wild (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 located in the heart of the Lehigh Valley, and includes Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton. She spent the last two months of 2018 as the member for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district after Charlie Dent resigned in 2018.</p>

<p>Wild is the daughter of Norman Leith and Susan Stimus Ellis. Wild's mother was a journalist. Her father served in the United States Air Force during World War II and the Korean War. She was born at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany, while her father was stationed there. She also lived in France, California, New Mexico, and Washington D.C.</p>

<p>Wild volunteered on Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign. She graduated from American University in 1978. She earned her Juris Doctor at the George Washington University Law School in 1982. She studied under John Banzhaf. Wild became a partner at the law firm Gross McGinley in 1999.</p>

WILD, Susan, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born on June 7, 1957; B.A., American University, Washington, D.C., 1978; J.D., George Washington University, 1982; lawyer, private practice; solicitor, Allentown, Pa., 2015-2018; elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and the One Hundred Sixteenth Congresses, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Charles W. Dent, and reelected to the succeeding Congress (November 6, 2018-present).

Wild grew up in a military family. Her father, a World War II and Korean War pilot, served in the Air Force. She was born on a military base in Germany. As a small child, she lived in Germany and France and then came back to the United States where she moved every couple of years. She’s lived near several bases in California, New Mexico and the Washington, D.C., suburbs. The only time she lived on base was at Edwards Air Base in California because “there is literally no place else to live” there in the desert.