district website constituency predecessor successor religion birth_place party state_house birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
189th www.lewisstrategic.com parts of monroe and pike counties joseph battisto john siptroth presbyterian east stroudsburg , pennsylvania , usa republican pennsylvania may 18 , 1964 january 02 , 2001 kelly lewis
 december 6 , 2004 kelly lewis legislator-business owner-attorney bloomsburg university widener university school of law
kelly lewis

kelly lewis is a former republican member of the pennsylvania house of representatives .
he is a graduate of east stroudsburg high school .
he earned a degree in business administration and finance from bloomsburg university and a j.d. / m.b.a. from the widener university school of law .
he served as monroe county controller from 1996 through 2000 , where he oversaw annual operating budgets exceeding $ 100 million and cost-saving measures and financial system improvements for the county .
he was elected to represent the 189th legislative district in the pennsylvania house of representatives in 2000 , when he defeated long-term incumbent joseph battisto in `` one of the biggest upsets in pa house history . ''
he focused his efforts on reforming the property tax system , successfully lobbying both 2002 gubernatorial candidates to commit to addressing the issue .
lewis ' bill , act 9 of 2001 , created the education investment tax credit program in pennsylvania and helped expand access to automated external defibrillators , placing 2,400 in pennsylvania schools and public buildings .
still among the largest aed bids ever , pennsylvania 's bids for aeds helped lower aed prices by 50 % .
he resigned his seat in the legislature on december 6 , 2004 to take a position as president of the technology council of central pennsylvania .
from 2005 to may 2012 , kelly lewis was the president & ceo of techquest pennsylvania , now known as the technology council of pennsylvania , the trade group for the technology industry in pennsylvania .
for many years , mr. lewis was the host of `` techquest tv '' , a statewide television program featuring interviews with leaders of pennsylvania 's technology industry .
in 2007 , lewis helped co-found the pennsylvania infrastructure group , which led dozens of successful infrastructure initiatives .
presently , kelly lewis is the president of lewis strategic , a firm providing products and services to pennsylvania companies , governments , hospitals , universities and non-profits .
lewis is also the president and ceo of allied health information exchange company , a health it solutions firm .
