Maria Collett's Biography
- State Senate (PA) - District 12, Democratic Minority Caucus Chair
Contact Information
Office
543 Capitol Building
Senate Box 203012
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3012
Gwynedd Corporate Center
1180 Welsh Road, Suite 130
North Wales, PA 19454
1410 West Street Road
Suite A
Warminster, PA 18974
Full Name:
Maria Tzanakis Collett
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Len; 1 Child: August
Home City:
Lower Gwynedd Township, PA
BA, English Language and Literature/Letters, University of Maryland College Park
BSN, Nursing, Drexel University, 2009
JD, Rutgers University School of Law at Camden, 1996-1999
Minority Caucus Chair, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, 2025-present
Senator, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, District 12, 2019-present
Minority Caucus Secretary, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, 2021-2025
Candidate, Pennsylvania State Senate, District 12, 2022
Candidate, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, District 12, 2018
Ranking Member, Aging and Youth Committee
Member, Health and Human Services Committee
Member, Institutional Sustainability and Innovation
Member, Judiciary Committee
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate
Former Member, Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate
Former Member, Local Government Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate
Former Member, State Government Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate
Former Member, Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate
Deputy Attorney General, Camden County
Nurse Educator/ Instructional Designer, Aetna, 2015-2018
Nurse Practice Educator/Infection Preventionist, Genesis HealthCare, 2014-2015
Nurse, Saint Luke's Hosptial, 2012-2014
Nurse, Brackenridge Hospital, 2009-2012
Member, Emerge-Pennsylvania 2018 Cohort, present