What is Paige Gebhardt Cognetti?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = Gov. Wolf Visits Lackawanna County to Celebrate $12 million in State Investments to a Build Brighter Future for the Region (51751513886) (cropped).jpg | office = 36th Mayor of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]] | term_start = January 6, 2020 | term_end = | predecessor = Wayne Evans (acting) | successor = | birth_place = [[Eugene, Oregon]], [[United States|U.S.]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | education = [[Robert D. Clark Honors College|University of Oregon]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard Business School|Harvard University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]) }} '''Paige Gebhardt Cognetti''' is an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician. She is the [[List of mayors of Scranton, Pennsylvania|36th Mayor]] of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]] since 2020. She is the first woman to be mayor of the city and won her seat in a special election.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Scranton became shorthand for the past. Its reality is far more complicated.|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/scranton-became-shorthand-for-the-past-its-reality-is-far-more-complicated/2020/07/21/f15b56a6-c76b-11ea-8ffe-372be8d82298_story.html|access-date=2021-05-17|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cole|first=Devan |title=First woman elected mayor of Scranton, as an independent after sparring with Democratic machine|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/06/politics/scranton-pennsylvania-mayor-paige-cognetti-democrat-independent/index.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=CNN|date=6 November 2019}}</ref> Before becoming mayor, she worked as an advisor for the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] during the [[Barack Obama]] presidency.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-11|title=Mayor of Scranton to Deliver Johnson College’s 2020 Commencement Address|url=https://johnson.edu/2020/03/mayor-of-scranton-to-deliver-johns