Rep. Roni Green's Biography

G. Roni Green began her career serving the people as a human services caseworker with the Glendale County Assistance Office, working for nearly two decades to ensure that Philadelphia’s most vulnerable residents have access to a path out of poverty. Her experience has deeply informed her understanding of the systemic causes of economic, social and political inequality.

Roni won her first election with Service Employees International Union (SEIU)Local 668 as a Shop Steward and through additional elections held the positions of Philadelphia Chapter 12 Chair, and statewide Secretary/Treasurer based in Harrisburg, while serving as a community and labor organizer for more than 30 years.

Roni serves as a board member of the Ridge-Allegheny-Hunting Park Civic Association, (RAH) improving the communities in which she lives, and has been a lifelong activist for all working people in Philadelphia and beyond. She also serves as a Democratic committeewoman, a board member for the Mann Center as well as the Please Touch Museum and most recently Treasurer of the Philadelphia House Delegation.

As a state representative Roni’s priorities include fighting for a living wage and workers’ rights, affordable housing to preserve neighborhoods and ensure that every working family has a home, sensible gun reform to combat the gun violence epidemic, equitable community and economic development that provides opportunities for all, and criminal justice reform with a focus on ending mass incarceration.

As state representative, Roni currently serves on the following committees: Agriculture& Rural Affairs, Housing & Community Development, Human Services, Labor & Industry, and State Government.