district residence website predecessor birth_place party profession term_start spouse article_title name alma_mater
123rd endwell , new york http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/donna-a-lupardo/ robert warner staten island , new york democratic educator , politician january 2005 scott j. peters donna lupardo
 donna a. lupardo wagner college suny binghamton
donna lupardo

donna a. lupardo -lrb- born august 17 , 1954 -rrb- is a member of the new york state assembly representing the 123rd assembly district , which includes the city of binghamton , new york , as well as the towns of vestal , new york and union , new york .
the villages of johnson city , new york and endicott , new york are contained within the town of union and also make up part of the district .
lupardo was born in staten island , new york .
she earned a b.a. degree from wagner college in 1976 , and an m.a. degree in philosophy from the state university of new york at binghamton in 1984 .
prior to her election to the assembly she served in several capacities , including as a member of the broome county legislature .
she has also worked as a community mental health educator and was a faculty member at binghamton university from 1980 to 1990 .
she was first elected to the state assembly in november 2004 , defeating the incumbent robert warner in the 126th assembly district .
in november 2006 , lupardo was re-elected , defeating challenger jay j. dinga by a margin of almost 2 to 1 .
she ran uncontested in the november 2008 general election and won the november 2010 general election with 56 percent of the vote .
after reapportionment , the boundaries to lupardo 's assembly district remained unchanged , but the district number was changed from 126 to 123 .
she was elected to her fifth term in 2012 , easily defeating broome county legislator julie lewis , 62 % to 38 % .
in 2013 , assemblywoman lupardo was appointed chair of the committee on children and families , having previously served as the chair of the legislative commission on science and technology .
she currently serves on the following committees : children and families ; economic development , job creation , commerce and industry ; election law ; environmental conservation ; higher education ; transportation ; and , veterans ' affairs .
her other leadership positions include first-vice chair of the legislative women 's caucus and president of the new york conference of italian-american state legislators .
assemblywoman lupardo 's legislative accomplishments include authoring the state green building construction act and contract disclosure act .
she also helped pass the work zone safety act and yield-right-away legislation designed to keep our roadways safer .
lupardo lives in endwell , new york with her husband , scott j. peters .
