Noon- Updates to the 40th Senatorial District including Monroe County

Senator Rosemary M. Brown was elected to the Senate of Pennsylvania in
November of 2022 after serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
for six terms. Brown represents the 40th Senatorial District, which includes
Lackawanna, Monroe and Wayne counties.
Brown is known as an accessible, hard-working, and common-sense problem-solver.
She is the majority Chairwoman of the Senate Community, Economic and
Recreational Development Committee, and Vice Chairwoman of the Senate Local
Government Committee. She was also appointed to the Governor’s Commission
on Women, the Gino Merli Veterans Advisory Commission and the Local
Government Commission.
A longtime Pocono resident, Brown is a graduate of East Stroudsburg High School and
earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Scranton. Prior to
public service, she began her career in the private sector as an executive sales manager
and assistant buyer with Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bon-Ton. She then transferred
her skills into the field of pharmaceutical sales.
Brown has been happily married to her high school sweetheart, Joe, since 1994.
Together they have three children.