Christine Jack Toretti

Christine Jack Toretti (born February 24, 1957) is an American politician, businesswoman, philanthropist, and Pennsylvania's Republican National Committeewoman. In January 2025, then President-elect Donald Trump nominated her to become the United States ambassador to Sweden.

Business career Toretti was the chair and CEO of S.W. Jack Drilling Co., a privately held land-based drilling company in the United States.

Toretti assumed control of the company in 1990, upon the unexpected death of her father, Samuel W. Jack Jr. Prior to that, she served as CFO. The company had 92 employees and $5 million in annual revenue in 1990.

In 1995, Toretti expanded the company when she led the purchase and merger with another drilling company. She relinquished day-to-day operations in 1997.

Political career 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 Toretti to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education in 1995, where she helped reorganize the organization's investments in higher education. In 2001, she was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women"

In 2002, she was named to the PoliticsPA "Power 50" list of politically influential personalities. In 2003, the Pennsylvania Report named her to "The Pennsylvania Report Power 75" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics. In 2010, Politics Magazine named her one of the most influential Pennsylvania Republicans.

In 2006, Toretti chaired Lynn Swann's 2006 Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign. However, the U.S. Senate never confirmed Toretti, and returned her nomination in 2019 and 2020.

In January 2025, Trump again nominated Toretti, this time to become the United States ambassador to Sweden. and presented her credentials to the King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf on 21 October.

Personal life Toretti met University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson at an NCAA dinner. They married in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 14, 2003. During their marriage, she and her three sons split time between her home on a farm in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Tucson, Arizona.

Toretti serves on several corporate boards, including S&T Bank and the Lockhart Company. Toretti is an ex-officio advisor to the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce. She previously served as the foundation for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania president, and as a boardmember of The Andy Warhol Museum advisory board, Indiana hospital board, Chi Omega foundation, and The Committee of 200.