Susan Wild
Susan Wild | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Ranking Member of the House Ethics Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Guest |
| Succeeded by | Mark DeSaulnier |
| Chair of the House Ethics Committee | |
| In office September 30, 2022 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Ted Deutch |
| Succeeded by | Michael Guest |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
| In office November 27, 2018 – January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Charlie Dent |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Mackenzie |
| Constituency | 15th district (2018–2019) 7th district (2019–2025) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Susan Ellis June 7, 1957 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Russell Wild
(m. 1981; div. 2002) |
| Domestic partner | Kerry Acker (2003–2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | American University (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
| Website | House website |
Susan Wild (née Ellis; born June 7, 1957) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 2018 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompasses the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, and includes Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and Bangor. Wild was narrowly defeated by Republican Ryan Mackenzie in 2024.
Wild spent the last two months of 2018 as the member for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district after Charlie Dent, former U.S. representative for the district, resigned in 2018. She co-chaired the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force and was vice chair of both the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. She was the first woman to represent the Lehigh Valley in Congress.