White served as a
public defender for
Venango County, Pennsylvania from 1974 to 1976. From 1977 to 2007 she was the Corporate Secretary and Vice-President for Environmental/Government Affairs for Quaker State Oil Corp. She was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate for the 21st district and served from 1997 to 2013. She was considered an expert on issues involving the
environment and
land use." She worked as Trustee Emerita for the Board of Trustees for the University of Pittsburgh and as a member of the Pitt Public Health Board of Visitors from 2007 to 2020. ==Death==