Mike Peifer, a life-long Greentown resident, is now serving his second term representing the 139th Legislative District.

During the 2009-10 legislative session, Peifer has been appointed to serve on the House Finance Committee, the House Game and Fisheries Committee and the House Gaming Oversight Committee.  He is also a member of the House Republican Policy Committee and serves on the Task Force on the Budget and Economic Development.

He is a 1986 graduate of Wallenpaupack Area High School, received a four-year baseball scholarship and graduated from Rider College in Lawrenceville, New Jersey in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting.

Peifer pursued his accounting career with Price Waterhouse LLP, qualifying as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in 1991 and rising to the level of senior tax consultant.  In 1995 he returned to Greentown to open his own accounting and tax firm, Michael T. Peifer CPA, until being elected in 2006.

Peifer has been instrumental in the development of the Greentown Agway franchise, a family-owned and operated business located on State Route 507 in Greentown.

Peifer is a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Public Accountants, National Rifle Association, National Wild Turkey Federation, Ducks Unlimited, Promised Land Sportsmen, and the Cold Hill Hunting Club of Greentown. He is currently Finance Committee chair of the Hemlock Grove United Methodist Church, and was formerly treasurer.

Peifer also formerly served as: Pike County treasurer, president of Pike County United Way, treasurer of the Pike County Republican Committee, and board member of the Devereux Pocono Center. 

He is married to the former Jen Teeter of Hawley, a graduate of North Carolina State University and a 10th grade biology teacher at Wallenpaupack Area High School.  Peifer is a father of three, daughter Corine, and sons Wyatt, and Elijah.

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