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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = ValerieVal Arkoosh
| image = Gov. Wolf Pass Legislation to Enhance Secure and Efficient Elections (50345987336) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Arkoosh in 2020
| office = Secretary of the [[Pennsylvania Department of Human Services]]
| status =
| termstart = January 17, 2023<br>Acting until June 29, 2023
| governor = [[Josh Shapiro]]
| predecessor = Meg Snead (acting)
| office1 = Chair of the [[Montgomery County Board of Commissioners]]
| term_start1 = November 2016
| term_end1 = January 17, 2023
| predecessor1 = Josh Shapiro
| successor1 = Kenneth E. Lawrence, Jr.
|office2 = Member of the [[Montgomery County Board of Commissioners]]
|term_start2 = January 2015
|term_end2=January 17, 2023
|predecessor2= [[Leslie Richards]]
|successor2=Jamila H. Winder
|birth_date={{circa|1961}}
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|education= [[Northwestern University]]<br>[[University of Nebraska College of Medicine]] ([[M.D.]])<br>[[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]] ([[Master of Public Health|MPH]])
| predecessor1 = [[Josh Shapiro]]
| office1 residence= Chair of the [[MontgomerySpringfield CountyTownship, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County, BoardPennsylvania]], of Commissioners[[U.S.]]
|spouse=Jeffrey Harbison
| office2 = Member of the [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County Board of Commissioners]]
|children=3
| termstart1 = January 2016
| termstart2 = January 2015
| children = 3
| spouse = Jeff Harbison
| education = [[Northwestern University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Johns Hopkins University]] ([[Master of Public Health|MPH]])<br>[[University of Nebraska]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|9|22}}
| occupation = Physician
| website = https://www.valarkoosh.com
| birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska
}}
'''Valerie A. Arkoosh'''<ref name=dhs>{{cite web |title=Department of Human Services Leadership |url=https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/dhs/about/dhs-executive-leadership.html |website=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |access-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808084408/https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/dhs/about/dhs-executive-leadership.html|archive-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> ({{circa|1961}}<ref name=pp />) is an American anesthesiologist and politician who is the current secretary of the [[Pennsylvania Department of Human Services]], serving since 2023. Arkoosh was formerly the chair of the [[Montgomery County Board of Commissioners]] from 2016 to 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Commissioners |url=https://www.montgomerycountypa.gov/4347/Past-Commissioners |website=Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref>
'''Valerie Arkoosh''' (born September 22, 1960){{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} is an American physician, academic, and politician currently serving as the Chair of the Montgomery County Commission. She is a candidate in the [[2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania]].
 
== Early lifeEducation and educationmedical career==
Arkoosh was born on September 22, 1960.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} Arkoosh earned a Bachelor of Artsbachelor's degree in economics from [[Northwestern University]] in 1982. She earnedand a [[Doctor of Medicine]]doctorate from the [[University of Nebraska MedicalCollege Centerof Medicine]] in 1986,.<ref aname=au /> She earned aher [[Master of Public Health]] from [[Johns Hopkins UniversityBloomberg School of Public Health]] in 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Citedhs web|title=Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, Chair {{!}} Montgomery County, PA - Official Website|url=https://www.montcopa.org/788/Dr-Valerie-Arkoosh-Chair|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.montcopa.org}}</ref>
 
She was a professor of clinical anesthesiology and clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the Perelman School of Medicine of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and previously taught at [[Thomas Jefferson University]] Sidney Kimmel Medical College and [[Drexel University College of Medicine]], where she chaired the school's anesthesiology department from 1999 to 2004.<ref name=au /><ref name=dhs /> In 2007, Arkoosh joined the board of the [[National Physicians Alliance]] (NPA).<ref name=iq>{{cite news |last1=McCrystal |first1=Laura |title=Valerie Arkoosh takes the reins of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/politics/20161127_Valerie_Arkoosh__takes_the_reins_of_the_Montgomery_County_Board_of_Commissioners.html |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> From 2010 to 2012, she was president of the NPA as it supported the passage of the [[Affordable Care Act]] and [[right to healthcare|healthcare as a human right]].<ref name=au /><ref name=pp>{{cite news |last1=Keegan |first1=Gibson |title=PA-13: Arkoosh Nets $218K in 2 Weeks |url=https://www.politicspa.com/pa-13-arkoosh-nets-218k-in-2-weeks/47310/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=PoliticsPA |date=April 10, 2013}}</ref> Arkoosh also chaired the Board of Health of [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]] from 2011 to 2014.<ref name=iq />
== Early career ==
Arkoosh is an anesthesiologist. She performed her residency at Jefferson Medical College in Anesthesiology, with a focus on obstetrics.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
 
In addition to practicing for over two decades, Arkoosh taught and led departments at a number of medical schools. Arkoosh served on the faculty at [[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania]], the [[Drexel University College of Medicine]], and the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University.<ref name=":0" />
 
== Political career ==
Arkoosh ran for Congress in 2014 for [[Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district]] when Congresswoman [[Allyson Schwartz]] vacated the seat to run for governor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lachman |first=Samantha |date=2014-02-24 |title=Philadelphia Doctor Touts Obamacare In Campaign For Congress |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/valerie-arkoosh-congress-_n_4848731 |access-date=2021-04-01 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref> She was unsuccessful in the Democratic primary.
Arkoosh served as President of the National Physicians Alliance and advised the group on policy and strategy starting in 2009, including leading the organization during the debate over and passage of the Affordable Care Act.
 
=== Montgomery County commissioner ===
Arkoosh was appointed to the Montgomery County Commission in January 2015 filing a vacancy left by current Attorney General Josh Shapiro. She won a four-year term in November 2015 and again in 2019. In 2016, she was unanimously elected to serve as Chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners. Arkoosh was the Vice Chair until she was elected as Chair. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania is located in southeast Pennsylvania and is the third most populous county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In January 2015, was appointed to a vacated seat on the [[Montgomery County Board of Commissioners]]. She was elected to a full term the following November.<ref name=dhs /> That year she signed a "standing order" allowing pharmacies in the county to dispense [[naloxone]] upon request.<ref name=au>{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Caitlin |title=Campus News Drs. Arkoosh, Brown to Receive Honorary Degrees at Arcadia University Commencements, May 16 & 17 |url=https://www.arcadia.edu/about/arcadia-today/2019/03/drs-arkoosh-brown-to-receive-honorary-degrees-at-arcadia-university-commencements-may-16-17-2/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=Arcadia University |date=March 29, 2019}}</ref> Arkoosh served as vice chair of the board until November 2016 when she was made chair. She was given a second term as chair in 2020 after being reelected in 2019. As chair, Arkoosh instituted a fifteen dollars per hour minimum wage and paid parental leave for county employees.<ref name=dhs />
 
=== 2022 U.S. Senate campaign ===
According to Montgomery County, the “Board of Commissioners oversees a budget of $400 million and directs more than 2,400 employees. The Commission manages human services for more than 100,000 residents, the county court and criminal justice system, Voter Services, over 130 county bridges, 75 miles of roads and other infrastructure, seven county parks and nearly 100 miles of trails.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, Chair {{!}} Montgomery County, PA - Official Website|url=https://www.montcopa.org/788/Dr-Valerie-Arkoosh-Chair|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.montcopa.org}}</ref>
On April 5, 2021, Arkoosh launched her campaign for the Democratic nomination for the [[2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania]] following the retirement of [[Pat Toomey]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Terruso |first=Julia |date=2021-04-05 |title=Montco Commissioner Val Arkoosh is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/montgomery-val-arkoosh-launches-campaign-senate-pennsylvania-20210405.html |access-date=2021-04-05 |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |language=en}}</ref> Arkoosh dropped out of the race in February 2022 after receiving just 17 votes of support out of the 290 Pennsylvania Democratic Committeemen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chinchilla |first=Rudy |date=February 4, 2022 |title=Montco Commissioner Val Arkoosh Drops Out of U.S. Senate Race |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/montco-commissioner-val-arkoosh-drops-out-of-u-s-senate-race/3134255/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=NBC10 Philadelphia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Arkoosh ends Senate campaign amid tough Democratic field |url=https://apnews.com/article/business-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-campaigns-philadelphia-dcbcd957b25cc77df7184c3ffa01bb49 |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=AP News |date=February 4, 2022}}</ref>
 
=== Secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Human Services ===
== Political campaigns ==
In January 2023, Arkoosh was nominated by governor-elect [[Josh Shapiro]] to serve as secretary of the [[Pennsylvania Department of Human Services]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Marc |date=2023-01-11 |title=Arkoosh to lead Shapiro's sprawling human services agency |url=https://apnews.com/article/josh-shapiro-politics-health-pennsylvania-state-government-be7f9db7e49ef7323cce4afc0008b387 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref> She automatically became full secretary on June 29 after the [[Pennsylvania State Senate]] failed to act within the constitutionally prescribed 25-legislative-day period to confirm her nomination.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGoldrick |first1=Gillian |title=Al Schmidt, Philly's former top Republican elections official, is now officially Pa. secretary of state |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/al-schmidt-secretary-of-state-elections-20230629.html |access-date=29 June 2023 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=June 29, 2023}}</ref> In the first year of her leadership, Arkoosh directed the department to eliminate a two-year [[Medicaid]] enrollment backlog and increased the coverage for [[doulas]] and medicine for homeless people.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stark |first1=Karl |title=Val Arkoosh, Pa.’s Human Services Head, Describes Her Strategy for Change |url=https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/val-arkoosh-pa-s-human-services-head-describes-her-strategy-for-change/ |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |date=December 5, 2023}}</ref>
 
== Personal life ==
=== 2022 United States Senate campaign ===
Arkoosh lives in [[Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]], with her husband, Jeffrey Harbison,<ref name=iq /> and their three children.<ref name=dhs />
{{Main articles|2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania}}
On April 5, 2021, Arkoosh launched her campaign for U.S. Senate and filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Terruso|first=Julia|date=2021-04-05|title=Montco Commissioner Val Arkoosh is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/montgomery-val-arkoosh-launches-campaign-senate-pennsylvania-20210405.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-05|website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|language=en}}</ref> She is running for the open Senate seat left by Senator [[Pat Toomey]], who is retiring.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Tamari|first1=Jonathan|last2=Steele|first2=Allison|date=2020-10-05|title=Toomey announces he won't run for reelection or for Pennsylvania governor|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/pat-toomey-pennsylvania-senate-reelection-governor-announcement-20201005.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-05|website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|language=en}}</ref>
 
== Electoral history ==
The primary is currently scheduled to be held on May 17, 2022.
{{Election box begin no change|title=[[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District_13|2014 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary election, PA-13]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 General Primary Tuesday, May 20, 2014 Official Returns PHILADELPHIA |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/Home/CountyResults?countyName=PHILADELPHIA&ElectionID=41&ElectionType=P&IsActive=0 |website=electionreturns.pa.gov |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2014 General Primary Tuesday, May 20, 2014 Official Returns MONTGOMERY |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/Home/CountyResults?countyName=MONTGOMERY&ElectionID=41&ElectionType=P&IsActive=0 |website=electionreturns.pa.gov |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=[[Brendan Boyle]]
|votes=24,775
|percentage=40.61
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=[[Marjorie Margolies]]
|votes=16,723
|percentage=27.41
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=[[Daylin Leach]]
|votes=10,130
|percentage=16.60
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=Val Arkoosh
|votes=9,386
|percentage=15.38
}}{{Election box total no change
|votes=61,014
|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin no change|title=2015 [[Montgomery County Board of Commissioners]] Democratic primary election<ref>{{cite web |title=MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 19, 2015 |url=https://www.montcopa.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2422 |website=Montgomery County, PA |access-date=24 February 2023 |pages=1–2 |format=PDF |date=June 5, 2015}}</ref>}}
=== 2014 congressional campaign ===
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
Arkoosh ran for Congress in 2014 for [[Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district]] when Congresswoman [[Allyson Schwartz]] vacated the seat to run for Governor. Arkoosh was unsuccessful in the Democratic primary.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lachman|first=Samantha|date=2014-02-24|title=Philadelphia Doctor Touts Obamacare In Campaign For Congress|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/valerie-arkoosh-congress-_n_4848731|access-date=2021-04-01|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref>
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=[[Josh Shapiro]] (incumbent)
=== Montgomery County Board of Commissioners ===
|votes=30,645
In January 2015, Arkoosh was appointed to become a member on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners. She was elected to a full 4-year term in November 2015 and succeeded [[Josh Shapiro]] as the chair of the board.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-11-03|title=Polls close in Pennsylvania, New Jersey|url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/its-election-day-polls-open-6-m-new-jersey-7-m-pennsylvania/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Philly Voice}}</ref>
|percentage=54.12
}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=Val Arkoosh (incumbent)
|votes=25,864
|percentage=45.68
}}{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|party=Write-in
|votes=111
|percentage=0.20}}{{Election box total no change|votes=56,620|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin no change|title=2015 [[Montgomery County Board of Commissioners]] election<ref>{{cite web |title=MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 2015 |url=https://www.montcopa.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2856 |website=Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |access-date=24 February 2023 |page=1 |format=PDF |date=November 20, 2015}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=[[Josh Shapiro]] (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=97,212|percentage=30.90|change=N/A}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Val Arkoosh (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=88,958|percentage=28.27|change=N/A}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Joe Gale|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=65,740|percentage=20.90|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Steven Tolbert Jr.|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=62,644|percentage=19.91|change=N/A}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|party=Write-in
|votes=64
|percentage=0.02}}{{Election box total no change|votes=314,618|percentage=100.00|change=N/A}}
{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin no change|title=2019 [[Montgomery County Board of Commissioners]] Democratic primary election<ref>{{cite web |title=MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS Primary Election May 21, 2019 |url=https://www.montcopa.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5228 |website=Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |access-date=24 February 2023 |page=2 |format=PDF |date=June 14, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=Val Arkoosh (incumbent)
|votes=48,599
|percentage=46.09
}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=Kenneth E. Lawrence, Jr. (incumbent)
|votes=46,998
|percentage=44.58
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=Ray Sosa
|votes=9,836
|percentage=9.33
}}{{Election box total no change
|votes=105,393|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin no change|title=2019 [[Montgomery County Board of Commissioners]] election<ref>{{cite web |title=MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS General Election November 5, 2019 |url=https://www.montcopa.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5032 |website=Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |access-date=24 February 2023 |page=2 |format=PDF |date=December 5, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=Val Arkoosh (incumbent)
|votes=127,089
|percentage=32.29
}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=Kenneth E. Lawrence, Jr. (incumbent)
|votes=124,247
|percentage=31.57
}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (US)
|candidate=Joe Gale (incumbent)
|votes=74,023
|percentage=18.81
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (US)
|candidate=Fred Conner
|votes=68,176
|percentage=17.32
}}{{Election box total no change|votes=393,535|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box end}}
 
== Personal life ==
Arkoosh lives in [[Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]], with her husband, Jeff Harbison. She has 3 children.
==References==
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==External links==
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