Theresa K. Mohan
Democratic · NY · Town Supervisor, Town of Pelham
Pelham Town Supervisor since January 2026 and a former Village of Pelham Trustee, she is an attorney and former general counsel who teaches leadership and ethics at Fordham Law School. Her priorities are stronger town finances and administration and carrying out the Facilities Master Plan.
Where Theresa K. Mohan stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Anti-Corruption (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Voted to create a Town of Pelham Sustainability Advisory Board that also seats members from the two villages and the school district. The board put her in charge of convening it. It passed unanimously.
February 9, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: files.heygov.com
As a village trustee, worked with the Sustainability Advisory Board to write a grant application that won the Village of Pelham more than $236,000 in clean energy grant money.
August 19, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: pelhamexaminer.com
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Voted to adopt a new Town of Pelham code of ethics, with rules on conflicts of interest and gifts and a three-member board of ethics. It passed unanimously.
February 9, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: files.heygov.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
After a request for proposals drew no responses, sought a proposal from Geddis Architects. The Town Board then voted unanimously to let her sign a contract for a town-wide facilities master plan covering Town Hall and the Daronco Town House.
May 4, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.heygov.com
Voted with the Town Board to pursue buying a county-owned lot next to the Pelham post office, for up to $50,000, as the site of a new emergency services headquarters, and to seek grants for it.
January 12, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: pelhamexaminer.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Voted with the Town Board to pursue buying a county-owned lot next to the Pelham post office, for up to $50,000, as the site of a new emergency services headquarters, and to seek grants for it.
January 12, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: pelhamexaminer.com
Voted with the full Village of Pelham board on June 24, 2025, to pass laws banning public urination and aggressive panhandling in public places such as streets, parks and areas near ATMs.
July 3, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: pelhamexaminer.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
After a request for proposals drew no responses, sought a proposal from Geddis Architects. The Town Board then voted unanimously to let her sign a contract for a town-wide facilities master plan covering Town Hall and the Daronco Town House.
May 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: files.heygov.com
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Took office on Jan. 5, 2026, as Pelham's first woman town supervisor, succeeding Dan McLaughlin.
January 5, 2026
Source: pelhamexaminer.com
Was endorsed for town supervisor by the women's political group Eleanor's Legacy; her Democratic slate was endorsed by Rep. George Latimer and County Executive Ken Jenkins.
September 10, 2025
Source: pelhamexaminer.com
Served as president of the Pelham Memorial High School PTA, which ran the 2024 Pelham House and History Tour, its main fundraiser.
April 19, 2024
Source: pelhamexaminer.com
Won an uncontested race to return to the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees in November 2023, filling the seat left by Lisa Hill-Ries.
November 8, 2023
Source: pelhamexaminer.com
Past race Theresa K. Mohan ran in:
- Town Supervisor, Town of Pelham · November 3, 2026 · Pelham town, New York · incumbent