Biography

09/23/1967 -

STRUZZI, James Bruno, II, a Representative from Indiana County; born, September 23, 1967 in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, Pa.; graduated, Penn-Trafford High School, 1985; B.A., English and communications, University of Pittsburgh, 1996; in process, M.A., public administration, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; amateur bodybuilder; staff writer, Butler Eagle (1997-1999); assistant press secretary and press officer, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (1999-2013); published poet; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 2019 term; appointed, PennVEST (2020-present); reelected to the House for 3 more consecutive terms; elected, Minority Appropriations Chairman (2025-present).