Tonyelle Cook-Artis

Tonyelle Cook-Artis is an American politician and government agency executive from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Currently the director of government relations and grants administration for the Delaware River Port Authority in Philadelphia, she previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 200th House district in Philadelphia for one term in 2016.

Formative years Born on September 2, 1974, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tonyelle Cook graduated from Lankenau High School in 1997. Awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and government by Bennett College in 2001, she was earned her Master of Arts degree in political management at George Washington University in 2013.

Community service Cook-Artis has been a member of multiple community service and political organizations, including the: 50th Ward Committee, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and the Pennsylvania Women’s Campaign Fund.