Ellen Nowak (born 1971) is an American attorney and politician, serving as a member of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin since January 2019.
In between her terms on the Public Service Commission, she served one year as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration in the cabinet of Governor Scott Walker, during 2018.
[5] She became involved in politics and was hired as legal counsel and chief of staff to the speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, John Gard.
During her time at the Public Service Commission, Nowak served as the First Vice President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
[7] In the spring of 2016, Nowak was one of 11 candidates named as possible replacements for retiring Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser Jr., but she was ultimately not selected by the appointment advisory committee.