Representative Madeleine Dean, better known as Mad, has represented Berks and Montgomery Counties in Congress since 2018.
Dean was born and raised in Glenside, Pennsylvania. After graduating with her bachelor’s and JD degrees, she practiced law in Philadelphia, eventually serving as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. In 2001, she became a professor at her alma mater, LaSalle University, teaching composition, rhetoric and legal writing. She ran for Pennsylvania State House in 2012, serving until her election to US Congress in 2018.