savanna faith cornibe

Savanna Faith Cornibe

Government Affairs Manager

Savanna Faith Cornibe is the Government Affairs Manager at the Commonwealth Foundation.

Savanna Faith holds an MA in Government from Regent University with a concentration in American Government. While obtaining her degree, she worked full-time as the administrative records coordinator for the dean’s office in the university’s School of Education. She completed her undergraduate work at the Mississippi University for Women, with a major in communications and a minor in political science. She was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa International Alumni Honor Society.

Savanna Faith began working at the Commonwealth Foundation as an intern in 2014 and soon after joined full time. She has been part of its incredible growth and reach. She is eager to see the next phase!

Before the Commonwealth Foundation, Savanna Faith worked on Capitol Hill as a lobbyist for the Traditional Values Coalition, volunteered for multiple political campaigns and non-profits, and served as both host and producer of a local Christian TV show in the Nashville, Tennessee area. The Mississippi University for Women, in recognition of her valuable contributions, inducted Savanna Faith into its Hall of Fame, and the Volunteer State Community College (VSCC) honored her with the James “Jim” C. Moore Award for “service to community and family.” She has traveled to and served in numerous countries and loves learning about different cultures.

The Commonwealth Foundation’s positive impact inspires and gratifies her. The issues closest to Savanna Faith’s heart are Criminal Justice Reform and School Choice. She loves connecting with leaders and staffers in the Capitol, especially about these vital issues. She values the relationships formed and views her colleagues as family. Savanna Faith is thrilled to be part of a team invested in freedom and prosperity for all Pennsylvanians.

In 2024, City & State Pennsylvania named Savanna Faith to its “Power of Diversity: Women 100” list, an award recognizing and ranking the most influential women in the commonwealth.

She treasures life with her husband, their two sons, therapy poodle, and kitty. Her youngest son is a medical miracle and a joy to care for, including his special needs. They reside in the Harrisburg area.

Freedom Man

  • November 18, 2006

Dr. Thomas Sowell, the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, eulogizes Milton Friedman in today’s Wall Street Journal. Topics on this pageHoover…

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Leasing out turnpike could be $30B windfall

  • November 18, 2006

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story on the opportunity policymakers can consider in lieu of raising taxes and fees to pay for transportation infrastructure needs. Topics on this pagePittsburgh…

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Sense of Irony?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 17, 2006

The PA House Democratic Leadership Letter features two items that either show a sense of irony, or a complete blindless to the shadiness of Harrisburg politics. The first items…

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McCain: Defeat Was Payback for Losing ‘Our Principles’

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 17, 2006

From the New York Times. McCain hits all the ways conservatives looked to big government – spending increases, new entitlement programs, trying to bribe voters with pork barrel projects,…

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Learning from the election

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 17, 2006

The lesson from the Congressional election is “Money can’t buy me love” says Ed Feulner. Feulner will give the Keynote address at the Commonwealth Foundation’s Gala on December…

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Poverty and Spending

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 17, 2006

Report released Tuesday from the Goldwater Institute shows that states with the lowest taxes and spending reduced their poverty rates, while states with the highest taxes and spending saw…

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Pension and retirement benefits for lawmakers

  • November 17, 2006

The Beaver County Times on the retirement benefits for Democrats Veon, LaGrotta, and Leskovitz. As nearly one-quarter of the Legislature makes its final adieu next week,they face a…

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Preaching the Gospel of Small Government

  • November 17, 2006

This New York Times story is the first of a two-part series on the state-based public policy think tank movement. Topics on this pageThe New York…

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Milton Friedman Passes Away at 94

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 16, 2006

Milton Friedman Passes Away at 94. Mr. Friedman’s ideas and work have had a profound influence on the Commonwealth Foundation and on me. Here are some additional links and…

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Here we go again

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 16, 2006

After dozens of incumbent Congressional Republicans lost and a Wall-Street Journal poll showing that voters’ number one domestic issue was banning pork projects (following the explosion in the number…

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Think Twice on Tax Credits (Even Popular Ones)

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 16, 2006

Tax Foundation analysis shows that tax credits mean that only 40% of income is taxed – in other words, if we eliminate these tax credits we could cut federal…

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New CPI & Lawmakers COLA

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 16, 2006

The October Consumer Price Index was released today – while this will be studied by investors and economic analysts for multiple reasons, it is also of note for this…

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Commonwealth Foundation on PCN

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 15, 2006

If you missed today’s luncheon on Transportation funding, you can catch in on PCN – Pennsylvania Cable Network tomorrow at 2:15 pm. Topics on this pagePennsylvania…

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What should the Dems do?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 15, 2006

Greg Mankiw analyzes new VA Senator Jim Webb’s editorial in the Wall Street Journal on income inequality: Erecting barriers to trade, raising the minimum wage, encouraging the cartelization…

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PHEAA Ordered to Open Books

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 15, 2006

The Commonwealth Court rules that the Open Records law, which applies to all state agencies, applies to PHEAA, which is a state agency that had refused to disclose many of…

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State eyes gas tax increase

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 14, 2006

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review coverage of the Transporation Funding Commission’s report and proposals to increase various taxes for increased transportation Spending. Topics on this pagePittsburgh Tribune-Review…

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House votes to remove inheritance property tax

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 14, 2006

The PA House has voted to eliminate the state inheritance tax over four years, the Post-Gazette reports. Topics on this pagePA HousePittsburgh Post-Gazette…

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Freshmen call for leadership reform

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 14, 2006

Herald Standard article on today’s House leadership elections. Newly elected Democratic Representatives “Mahoney, Kula, and Galloway said they would reveal their votes to the press” Read our…

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State court rejects lawsuit over ‘perks’ for legislators

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 14, 2006

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Harrisburg activist Gene Stilp, who filed the Commonwealth Court suit in February, based his claim on a section of the constitution providing for legislators to…

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