May 10, 1999

State Senator Raphael J. Musto is the newest member of the SERS Board of Trustees.

Musto is a native of Pittston Township, Luzerne County. He is a U.S. Army veteran and a graduate of King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. A Democrat, Musto has represented Luzerne County’s 14th Senatorial District since 1982. He previously served in the state House of Representatives 1971-80 and represented the 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives 1980-82.

Musto currently is Democratic Chairman of the Senate’s Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and is secretary of the Democratic caucus. He also is vice chairman of the Joint Legislative Air, Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee and serves on the state’s Environmental Quality Board and the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Board.

Musto was appointed to the SERS Board by the President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer to fill the seat left by the departure of former state Senator Roy C. Afflerbach. Musto’s four-year Board term runs through 2002.