Michelle Madoff

Michelle Madoff served as a City of Pittsburgh Councilwoman between 1978 and 1993. Born in Canada, Madoff moved to the United States in 1952 and to Pittsburgh in 1961. Madoff was unsuccessful in runs for Pittsburgh City Council in 1973 and Allegheny County Commissioner in 1975. She was first elected in 1978 to fill the unexpired term of Richard Caliguiri. Caliguiri was serving as President of Pittsburgh City Council and became mayor when Peter Flaherty was appointed Deputy Attorney General of the United States in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Administration. When the Pittsburgh City Council switched from one being elected at-large to a by-district format she was the first person elected to represent Council District 2. She was defeated after coming in third in the 1993 Democratic primary.

Before entering politics Madoff was a community and environmental activist. In 1969 Madoff co-founded and was the first president of the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) in Pittsburgh, a local group with a long history of environmental activism.

Madoff is currently a resident of Surprise, Arizona.

External links

• Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP)
• Pittsburgh City Council District 2

Persondata
Name	Madoff, Michelle
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death