Christine Jack Toretti
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Christine Toretti with Dr. Parmis Khatibi
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| Member of the Republican National Committee from Pennsylvania |
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Assumed office August 21, 1997 Serving with Bob Asher |
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| Preceded by | Anne Anstine |
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| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lute Olson (divorced) |
| Profession | Businesswoman |
Christine Jack Toretti is a businesswoman, philanthropist, 2016 U.S. presidential Elector and Republican National Committee member from Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Toretti is the Chairman and CEO of S.W. Jack Drilling Co., the largest privately held land-based drilling company in the United States. As of 2005, it is the nineteenth largest contract drilling company in terms of total footage drilled. The company, founded in 1918 by Toretti's grandfather, is headquartered in Indiana, Pennsylvania and has regional offices in Buckhannon and Charleston, West Virginia. The S.W. Jack Company supports oil and gas exploration in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia and New York.
She assumed control of the company upon the unexpected death of her father, Samuel W. Jack Jr., in 1990. Prior to that, she served as CFO. She is noted as a rare female CEO in the male-dominated energy industry. The company had 92 employees and $5 million in annual revenue in 1990. In 1995, Toretti expanded the company significantly when she led the purchase and merger with another drilling company. She relinquished day-to-day operations in 1997. The company currently has 350 employees and $60 million in annual revenue.
From 2004-2010, S.W. Jack Drilling donated more than $150,000 to then Pennsylvania governor, Tom Corbett.
Toretti founded the Anne Anstine Excellence in Public Service Series, a training program specifically designed to educate, empower and advance Republican women.
Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge appointed her to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education in 1995, where she helped reorganize the organization's investments in higher education. Former Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker appointed her to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. President George W. Bush appointed her to the Rural Telephone Bank, the National Petroleum Council and to the Advisory Board for the U.S. Secretary of Energy
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