Nicole Reigelman serves the as press secretary for the Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus and Leader Joanna McClinton.
Previously, Nicole was the communications director at the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), where she led the Press and Communications Office for nearly six years, spearheading the Department’s messaging strategy. She also served as press secretary from 2015- 2018, engaging local, state, and national media outlets daily.
Before transitioning to PDE, Nicole served as the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s director of Military and Veteran Affairs and worked for the Pennsylvania state House for more than a decade in the Office of the Speaker, the Legislative Communications Office, and for the Democratic Policy Chairman.
Additionally, Nicole is a member of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, where she has served as an Intel officer and a Public Affairs Officer (PAO). In 2017, she deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates where she coordinated and managed nearly a dozen multi-day journalist visits from media outlets including the New York Times, Reuters, and Allure Magazine. She has also been a member of the Harrisburg University corporate faculty since 2018, where she teaches professional communications in the graduate school.
Nicole earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from American University in Washington, DC, a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago, and certificates in marketing strategy from Cornell University and diversity and inclusion from University of South Florida. She is also a graduate of the Defense Information School at Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Education
M.A. Social Science – The University of Chicago, August 2002
B.A. Sociology – The American University, May 2001.
