Dorothy Liggett Pelanda (born March 1, 1956) is an American lawyer and former Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Pelanda is married to Sam Gerhardstein, retired Governmental Affairs Director for Columbia Gas of Ohio.
After her appointment to the Ohio House, Pelanda opted to devote her full energies to her legislative duties, and she closed her law office in late 2011.
Prior to her appointment to the Ohio House, Pelanda served two terms as president of both the Marysville Library Board and U-CO Industries in Union County.
Mike DeWine announced that he was nominating Pelanda as Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.