Susan Molinari was born on March 27, 1958 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. She has been married to Bill Paxon since July 3, 1994. They have two children.
Republican U.S. Representative from New York (20 March 1990-2 August 1997). First elected in a special election to fill the unexpired term of her father, Guy Molinari, who had resigned to become Staten Island borough president; resigned seven months into her third full term to take a job as a television journalist for CBS.
Senior partner at Fleishman-Hillard and president of her own lobbying
firm, Susan Molinari Strategies, in Washington, D.C.
Daughter of Republican Guy V. Molinari, member of the New York State assembly, 1975-1980; U.S. Congressional representative from New York, 1981-1989; and borough president Staten Island, New York City, 1990-2001.