Susan Wild

Susan Wild
Official portrait, 2019
Ranking Member of the House Ethics Committee
In office January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Michael Guest
Succeeded by	TBD
Chair of the House Ethics Committee
In office September 30, 2022 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Ted Deutch
Succeeded by	Michael Guest
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
In office November 27, 2018 – January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Charlie Dent
Succeeded by	Ryan Mackenzie
Constituency	15th district (2018–2019) 7th district (2019–2025)
Personal details
Born	Susan Ellis (1957-06-07) June 7, 1957 (age 67) Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Russell Wild ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 2002)​
Domestic partner	Kerry Acker (2003–2019)
Children	2
Education	American University (BA) George Washington University (JD)
Website	House website
Wild's voice Wild on a bill about mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded July 19, 2022.

Susan Wild (née Ellis; born June 7, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A Democrat, she served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 2018 to 2025. The district is in the heart of the Lehigh Valley, and includes Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and Bangor. Wild spent the last two months of 2018 as the member for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district after Charlie Dent resigned in 2018. She co-chaired the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force and was vice chair of both the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Wild is the first woman to represent the Lehigh Valley in Congress.^[1] Wild lost her re-election bid in 2024 to Republican Ryan Mackenzie.^[2]