Mayor Wolf was first elected to City Council in 1995 and then reelected in 1999, chairing the Public Works and Finance Committees. In the local community she has been a member of the YWCA Board and Lycoming United Way Board of Directors. She is an active member of Alliance 2000 and was appointed to the Governor's Homeland Security Advisory Council.

In her educational career she served as Lycoming College's freshman dean from 1900-1999 and taught political science at the college from 1985 to 2000. Prior to moving to Williamsport, Wolf taught political science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Complementing her BA Degree in Business and Economics and her masters in Public Administration are several years of federal, state and local government experience in Washington, DC; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Dearborn, MI.