Paige Cognetti is the mayor of Scranton, PA. Prior to this, she was an advisor to the Pennsylvania auditor general on oversight of public school districts and care for older adults. Cognetti previously was a director on the Scranton school board and, before that, a senior advisor to the under secretary for international affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department in the Obama administration. She was also a fundraiser and project director on numerous political campaigns. Earlier in her career, Cognetti was an investment advisor in New York City.