John Yudichak
GSL Public Affairs and Communications, LLC
john.yudichak@gslpublicaffairs.com
717-547-8217
17 N. 2nd Street. 16th Floor, Harrisburg, PA, 17101,
Subjects: All Subjects
1) AES Clean Energy
2) Alvernia university
3) American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance
4) BIG Investment Holdings, LLC
5) Button Holdings Inc
6) Capstone Studios Corp
7) Charlie Health, Inc.
8) Comcast Corporation
9) Crown Holding of NEPA, LLC
10) Diavac Biotech Company
11) DocuSign, Inc.
12) Duquesne Light Company
13) Energy Transfer L.P.
14) Fidelity Deposit & Discount Bank
15) Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank
16) Goodwill Keystone Area
17) Google LLC and its Affiliates
18) Guidehouse Inc.
19) Harristown Enterprises, Inc.
20) Hazleton Area School District
21) Hazleton City Authority
22) HC Associates, Inc.
23) Historic Philadelphia Inc
24) Hull Street Energy
25) InnovAge
26) jawnt, Inc.
27) Keystone College
28) King's College
29) LIUNA Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition
30) Lubert Adler Partners
31) Maplebear Inc. d/b/a Instacart
32) NorthPoint Development
33) Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
34) Orthodox Union - Teach PA
35) Pace-O-Matic
36) Pearson Education, Inc.
37) Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists
38) Pennsylvania Humanities Council
39) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates
40) Prologis
41) Qualtrics
42) Rodale Institute
43) Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC
44) Steamfitters Local 420
45) SUN CENTER STUDIOS CORP
46) Sunoco L.P.
47) Sunoco Pipeline L.P.
48) Temple University Health System
49) Terpene Belt, Inc.
50) The Janus School
51) UnitedHealth Group, Inc
52) UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER AND SUBSIDIARIES
53) WILLS EYE HOSPITAL
54) WinnDevelopment
55) Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority
0-5 years
John brings 24 years of strategic experience in shaping legislative, budgetary, and regulatory policy in the Commonwealth. He most recently served three terms as Pennsylvania State Senator for Senate District 14 in Carbon and Luzerne Counties, where he earned a reputation as a consensus-builder and accomplished notable community and economic development objectives. John was Chairman of the Senate Community and Economic Development Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Aging and Youth Committee and minority Chairman of the Senate Environmental and Energy Resource Committee, a role he held for nearly a decade. Prior to his election to the Senate, he served the 119th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for 12 years.Across his senatorial tenure, John managed multiple community and economic development projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania that transformed the region into one of the leading economic development areas in the country. He forged coalitions with labor groups, such as the Pennsylvania State Building and Construction Trades Council, and business groups, including the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, to advance the Local Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit, the Pennsylvania EDGE Tax Credit and the Sales and Use Tax Exemption for computer data center development.John also worked with the Earth Conservancy to reclaim thousands of acres of mine-scarred lands and set the stage for national developers, like NorthPoint Development, who have invested $1 billion to create 8,000 new jobs in the South Valley of Luzerne County.Throughout his career, he worked with Republicans and Democrats to author laws to support veterans (Sgt. Sherwood Baker Act), protect seniors (Senior Citizens Full Benefits Act), support law enforcement (Officer John Wilding Law), improve our environment (Coal Refuse Energy and Reclamation Tax Credit) and expand educational opportunities (SHINE Afterschool Program).Affiliations • The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board, Member, 2011-2019 • The Luzerne Foundation, Executive Board Member, 2001-2017 • The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Executive Board Member, 2011-2015 • The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Executive Board Member, 2009-2010 • Osterhout Free Library, Director of Development, 1995-1998 • The Earth Conservancy, Board of Directors, 2022-Present • The Pennsylvania Tuition Account Advisory Board, 2022-PresentRecognition • Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries Elected State Official of the Year • Children's Service Center Commitment to Children Award • North Branch Land Trust Community Stewardship Award • Pennsylvania Health Care Association Legislative ChampionJohn is the founder of the Yudichak Family Lighthouse Fund of the Luzerne Foundation, a charity that has donated over $250,000 to public libraries, college scholarships, and youth programs.Credentials Education • The Pennsylvania State University, M.A. • The Pennsylvania State University, B.A.
Last Updated: April 16, 2024
