Katherine McHale (born June 27, 1955) is a former American government official.
She served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during the early 1990s.
[1][2] Born in Othello, Washington on June 27, 1955, McHale earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in communicative arts at Whitworth College (now Whitworth University) in Spokane, Washington in 1977 and her Master of Science degree in telecommunications from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in Kutztown in 1986.
Subsequently employed as a public relations specialist, she became the founder and president of Script-Tech Communications, Inc.[4] A member of the Lehigh County Democratic Committee, she was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during a special election on May 21, 1991 to complete the remaining 1991 term of her predecessor and husband, Paul McHale, who had resigned due to his military service in the Persian Gulf.
[5][6] Sworn in on June 4, 1991, she served one term and decided not to run for reelection in 1992.