From 1996 to 2006, DelRosso worked as an insurance specialist for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and currently runs a public relations company.[5][6] She was hired by the Riverview School District as a public relations consultant in 2016, and left that position at the end of 2019, citing her other PR roles for the Penn Hills, Verona, and Plum school districts.[7]
Political career
In 2017, DelRosso was elected to serve on the Oakmont Borough Council and was sworn in on January 2, 2018.[3][8] In November 2020, she won the election to represent Pennsylvania's 33rd House district, beating then-Pennsylvania House Minority Leader Frank Dermody 51% to 49%.[6][9][10] Following the election she resigned from the Oakmont Borough Council; her resignation was made effective on December 31, 2020.[11]
Following redistricting of the state House maps, DelRosso would have been unable to run again in the 33rd district.[12] On February 2, 2022, DelRosso announced she would be seeking the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2022 election.[1] She ran televised advertisements statewide to gain recognition and later won the nomination with 25.66% of the vote.[2][13]
DelRosso appeared on the general election ballot alongside gubernatorial nominee Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano. DelRosso was not Mastriano's endorsed candidate for lieutenant governor in primary election; Mastriano supported candidate Teddy Daniels who received 12% of the vote.[2][13] Despite not being Mastriano's preferred candidate, DelRosso said she would work with Mastriano on initiatives such as election integrity, school choice, and energy policy.[14] She and Mastriano ran against the Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor, Pennsylvania Attorney GeneralJosh Shapiro and Pennsylvania State Representative Austin Davis, respectively, and lost on November 8.[2][15] Following the election loss, DelRosso registered as a lobbyist for the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.[16]
In July 2023, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey nominated DelRosso to a seat on the city's newly created infrastructure commission. However, Gainey pulled DelRosso's nomination after members of the Pittsburgh City Council expressed reservations over DelRosso's past policy positions, including a bill vetoed by Governor Tom Wolf that would have prohibited transgender college athletes from competing in the sport of their gender identity.[17][18]
