Sarah Ann Godlewski (born November 9, 1981)[1] is an American businesswoman and politician serving since March 2023 as the 31st secretary of state of Wisconsin.
She also served on the board for mOm Incubators,[17] the Arlington Academy of Hope, and George Mason University's School of Visual and Performance Arts.
[29] After being elected, Godlewski received a memo from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau that identified 16 responsibilities that the state treasurer should be doing but had neglected in recent years.
[30] During the transition for Governor-elect Tony Evers, Godlewski was appointed to serve as a member of the Next Generation Workforce and Economic Development Policy Advisory Council.
[40] Godlewski's investments in 14 pharmaceutical companies drew scrutiny from a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel due to her attacks on big pharma in advertisements for her Senate run.
[41] Godlewski dropped out of the race in July 2022 prior to the August 2022 Democratic primary and endorsed Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes.
[42] By the time she dropped out of the Senate race, it was too late to file to run for re-election as treasurer, and Godlewski's term in office expired in January 2023.
In a surprise announcement on March 17, 2023, Governor Tony Evers revealed that the recently re-elected secretary of state, Doug La Follette, would retire after forty years in office.
Evers then said that he would immediately appoint Godlewski to serve out the remainder of La Follette's four-year term, expiring January 2027.