Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission Former Secretary of Aging, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Known for
Headed Pennsylvania's successful efforts to enact "Peggy's Law" to combat elder abuse and exploitation
Teresa Osborne is an American civil service professional and non-profit executive who served as a commissioner on the State Civil Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2019 and 2020.[1]
In 2007, she headed a statewide effort to secure the passage of "Peggy's Law" to provide greater protections for Pennsylvania's aging populating against elder abuse and exploitation.[3][4][5]
In March 2020, she was appointed as manager of advocacy and outreach by AARP Pennsylvania.[6]
Prior to her state government tenure, Osborne served as the executive director of the Luzerne and Wyoming County Area Agency on Aging. She was then appointed as chancellor and chief operating officer of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton.[9][10]
In 2007, she headed a statewide effort to secure the passage of "Peggy's Law," a series of legislative acts that were designed to provide greater protections for Pennsylvania's aging populating against elder abuse and exploitation,[11] and were enacted following the nursing home death from undiagnosed breast cancer of Peggy Rogers.[12][13]
She also was appointed to the Mayor's Task Force on Law Enforcement & Mental Health in Scranton and played a key role in the planning and launch of the Northeast Behavioral Healthcare Consortium, a non-profit healthcare group that delivers services to more than ninety thousand members receiving medical assistance across a four-county region in northeastern Pennsylvania as part of the commonwealth's mandated managed care system.[14][15]
Osborne left the Department of Aging in January 2019; her final day of service with the department was officially listed as February 8 of that year. Robert Torres, previously the acting secretary of state, succeeded her as acting secretary of aging on January 15. He was confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate on June 4.[17]
Osborne was subsequently appointed to a seat on the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission and served as a commissioner on that state governing body which oversees the appointment and management of classified service employees across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[18][19]
In March 2020, she became the manager of advocacy and outreach for AARP Pennsylvania.[20]
^Mocarsky, "Head of Agency on Aging tabbed for cabinet post: Wolf picks Teresa Osborne to lead Department of Aging," The Times Leader, January 17, 2015.
^Mocarsky, "Head of Agency on Aging tabbed for cabinet post: Wolf picks Teresa Osborne to lead Department of Aging," The Times Leader, January 17, 2015.
^Mocarsky, "Head of Agency on Aging tabbed for cabinet post: Wolf picks Teresa Osborne to lead Department of Aging," The Times Leader, January 17, 2015.
^Mocarsky, "Head of Agency on Aging tabbed for cabinet post: Wolf picks Teresa Osborne to lead Department of Aging," The Times Leader, January 17, 2015.
^Krawczeniuk, "Gov.-elect Wolf picks former Lackawanna County official for Secretary of Aging," Citizens' Voice, January 17, 2015.
^"Department of Aging secretary addresses Elder Abuse Task Force," Standard-Speaker, December 17, 2015.
^Mocarsky, "Head of Agency on Aging tabbed for cabinet post: Wolf picks Teresa Osborne to lead Department of Aging," The Times Leader, January 17, 2015.
^"Department of Aging secretary addresses Elder Abuse Task Force," Standard-Speaker, December 17, 2015.
^Mocarsky, "Head of Agency on Aging tabbed for cabinet post: Wolf picks Teresa Osborne to lead Department of Aging," The Times Leader, January 17, 2015.
