Guest Speaker
Rep. Kerry Benninghoff
PA House Majority Leader
Representing the 171st legislative district located in Centre and Mifflin 
Counties, Kerry Benninghoff was elected by his colleagues in June 2020 to serve as Majority Leader.
Prior to that he served on the Leadership team as Majority Whip and for two terms as the House Majority Policy Committee chairman. He also previously served as chairman of the House Majority Finance and State Government committees. He is the founder and former chairman of the bipartisan Cancer Caucus.
Prior to being elected to represent the 171st district, Rep. Benninghoff worked in construction, cared for patients as a hospital orderly and served Centre County for two terms as county coroner.
He is a graduate of State College Area High School and attended Pennsylvania State University. He is a graduate of the Certified Coroners Training Program conducted in Hershey by the state of Pennsylvania.
He resides in Bellefonte and is the father of five children – Michael, Heather, Amy, Kelley and Ryleigh.