Tamara Dickey

Tamara M Dickey has been recommended to fill out the vacancy term of Chautauqua County Legislator David Wilfong, R-Jamestown, who resigned last month from District 11.

Dickey, who has been called a “top supporter and collaborator” of Wilfong, has been recommended to succeed him and serve out his term. City Republicans appointed Dickey, BS, MBA, CRCR to fill the vacancy. She had previously served the Jamestown public as the former “Good 2 Great Jamestown City Council member for Ward 3.” In 2023, she was presented with the YWCA Women of Achievement Shattered-Ceiling Award.

Dickey worked closely with Wilfong on several Jamestown projects since 2012 and is happy to continue as an advocate for the District 11 taxpayers. She has earned a BS in economics from St. Augustine University and completed her MBA from the University of Scranton, a Jesuit School.

Dickey is currently employed as a Senior Director in the Finance Department at Geisinger Health System where she oversees $4.3 billion in net annual revenues. The Geisinger operations is approximately 90% remote throughout the USA and she manages this from her Jamestown Office.

Tamara is married to local resident and Cummins Engine retiree Clyde W. Dickey. The couple are property owners in District 11 and have two adult children with eight grandchildren.

This legislative vacancy will be up for a full vote at the Chautauqua County Legislature meeting later this month.

County Republican Election Commissioner Brian Abram previously said this seat will not be up for election until 2025.