Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge appointed her to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education in 1995 , where she helped reorganize the organization 's investments in higher education . Former Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker appointed her to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission . President George W. Bush appointed her to the Rural Telephone Bank , the National Petroleum Council and to the Advisory Board for the U.S. Secretary of Energy She was elected RNC National Committeewoman from Pennsylvania on August 21 , 1997 She served on the RNC Committee on Arrangements for the 2000 Republican National Convention . She was a key player in Bush 's 2000 election , when she was one of the first Pennsylvania Republicans to endorse the then-Texas Governor . The '' Pennsylvania Report '' named her to the 2003 " The Pennsylvania Report Power 75 " list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics . In 2002 , she was named to the PoliticsPA " Power 50 " list of politically influential personalities . She was also named to the PoliticsPA list of " Pennsylvania 's Most Politically Powerful Women " In 2010 , '' Politics Magazine '' named her one of the most influential Republicans in Pennsylvania
2000 Republican National Convention
2000 Republican National Convention
Christine Toretti