REACH Luncheon with special guest Congresswoman Madeleine Dean: How to be a Change Maker

Join us as Congresswoman Madeleine Dean shares her professional and personal journey with us.  As an attorney who went on to open her own firm, and as a former professor she has made an impact in individuals’ lives.  As a state representative she served on the Governor’s Commission for Women and in 2020 she was elected Chair of the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus.  Her job is to be a “change maker.”
 
Join us in welcoming our special guest Congresswoman Madeleine Dean as she guides us on how to start being a change agent and empowers us to define our own path to impacting change.

Biography of Rep. Dean
Madeleine Dean was born and raised in Glenside, Pennsylvania. She graduated from La Salle University, and earned her law degree at Widener University. Madeleine then returned home and practiced law with the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers, and went on to open a three-woman law firm in Glenside. While raising three sons, Madeleine changed career paths to become a professor of writing at La Salle University. 
In 2012, Madeleine successfully ran for State Representative in the 153rd District. In the legislature, Madeleine was appointed to Governor Wolf’s Commission for Women, co-founded the gun safety group PA-SAFE, and was an outspoken leader on progressive issues. 
In 2018, Madeleine was elected to represent Pennsylvania’s 4th District — Montgomery and Berks Counties — in the 116th Congress.
In Washington, Madeleine serves on the powerful Judiciary and Financial Services Committees, championing progressive priorities like public education, combating addiction, equal rights, access to healthcare, protecting the environment, ethics, criminal justice reform, gun violence prevention and more. 
In 2020, Madeleine was elected Chair of the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus.