Veronica Pejril
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Preceded bySteve Fields
Succeeded byTina Nicholson
Veronica Pejril | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Greencastle Common Council from the 3rd Ward | |
| In office January 1, 2020 – January 1, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Fields |
| Succeeded by | Tina Nicholson |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (MFA) |
Veronica Pejril is an American politician from Greencastle, Indiana. She served as a Greencastle City Council member from 2020 to 2024, making her the first openly transgender elected official in the state of Indiana. She was the democratic candidate for District 24 in the 2024 Indiana Senate election. If elected, she would have become the state's first openly transgender state lawmaker.
Pejril studied music composition at the University of Illinois. As a student, she developed software tools for musicians and received a doctoral fellowship to Princeton University.[1] She received a Master of Fine Arts degree and is an assistant professor at Depauw University.[2]