Member Biography

Robert F. “Rob” Teplitz 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
2013       15 Democrat
2014       15 Democrat
2015       15 Democrat
2016       15 Democrat

COUNTIES: York, Dauphin  


Biography

12/20/1970 -


Robert F. “Rob” Teplitz (D15) Dauphin (part) and York (part) Counties 2012-2016

Early Life: 

Robert F. “Rob” Teplitz, born December 20, 1970, Miami, Florida, son of Alan F. and Judith R. Teplitz; Central Dauphin High School High School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1988; Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, magna cum laude, government, (B.A.), 1992; Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, cum laude, public law, (J.D.), 1995; chief counsel, policy director, Pennsylvania Auditor General; counsel, Pennsylvania State Senate; associate, litigation, McNees, Wallace, and Nurick LLC., Harrisburg; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2012-2016, unsuccessful reelection, 2016; married, Randi, two children.

Awards:

Phi Beta Kappa, Charles A. Dana Scholar, American Jurisprudence Award, Arthur King Kunkel Prize, American Cancer Society Rookie of the Year Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Leadership Award

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 15th district, Dauphin (part) and York (part) Counties, 2012-2016; committee assignments, Education, Finance, Intergovernmental Operations, Local Government Committee (minority chairman), Public Health and Welfare Committees; unsuccessful reelection, 2016.

Cited:

The Pennsylvania Manual, (2013). Bogden, S. (Editor). (Volume 121). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Senate Standing Committee Assignments, page 3-41. Biographies of Members of the Senate, page 3-18.