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

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.  

Mike 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. 

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

Mike is a member of the National Rifle Association, National Wild Turkey Federation, 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.  

He 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.   

During the 2011-12 legislative session, Peifer was appointed to serve on the House Appropriations Committee, House Finance Committee and the House Game and Fisheries Committee.  He is also a member of the House Republican Policy Committee where he serves as team leader of the Policy Development Team on Job Creation, which will be holding hearings across the state to help spur our economic development. 

Mike 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.  He is a father of three, daughter Corine, and sons Wyatt, and Elijah.

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