Tracy Pennycuick was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate in 2022. She represents the 24th District, which includes parts of Berks and Montgomery counties.
She has been a champion for advancing legislative initiatives to create jobs, support our veterans and law enforcement, improve education, and stop excessive government spending.
She serves as the Chair of the Communications and Technology Committee and Vice Chair of the Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee, as well as a member of the Finance, Judiciary, Aging & Youth, Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, and Appropriations committees.
As Chair of the Communications and Technology Committee, she is committed to fostering innovation while protecting Pennsylvanians from disinformation and digital threats.
Prior to being elected to the Senate, she served the 147th House District in the General Assembly in 2020.
Tracy served in the U.S. Army, both active and reserves, for 26 years. Upon retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel, she started a small business in aviation consulting. In addition to consulting, she served three years as the Director of Veterans Affairs for Montgomery County. She continues to serve on various veteran boards in the community.
She began her military career by enlisting in the U.S. Army as a combat medic. After her initial enlistment, she transitioned to the reserves and continued her education at the University of Missouri–Columbia. She graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a commission as an aviation officer in the U.S. Army Reserve.
After serving as an operations officer in Desert Shield/Desert Storm, she moved to the 146th Aviation Group in Kansas City, Missouri. Further assignments include platform instructor, University of Arizona; HQ Commandant, Joint Operations Command–Korea; Air Attack Planning Officer, Seongnam, Korea; Production Safety Officer (Boeing Longbow Apache plant, Mesa, AZ); Brigade S1, 100th Training Brigade, Huntsville, AL.
Additional assignments include Executive Officer; S3-Future, Army Materiel Command; Staff Officer, Army Materiel Command–Forward, Baghdad, Iraq; Staff Officer, Army Materiel Command–Forward, Camp Bagram AFB, Afghanistan; Lean Six Sigma Deployment Director, RDECOM (Research, Development, and Engineering Command); and Foreign Liaison Officer to the UK Ministry of Defense for JIEDDO (Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization).
She and her husband Rick, also a U.S. Army veteran, reside in Harleysville. They have four grown children and two grandchildren.