Global Conference 2009 | Edward Rendell
Edward Rendell
Governor of Pennsylvania (D)
Edward Rendell is Governor of Pennsylvania, having begun a second term of office in January 2007. As governor, Rendell serves as chief executive of the nation's sixth-most-populous state and oversees a $28.3 billion budget. His strategic investments have energized Pennsylvania's economy, revitalized communities, improved education, protected the environment and expanded access to health care to all children and affordable prescription drugs for older adults. From 1992 through 1999, Rendell served as mayor of Philadelphia. Before serving as mayor, he was elected district attorney of Philadelphia for two terms, from 1978 through 1985. He has always been active in the community through a variety of memberships on boards and teaches government and politics courses at the University of Pennsylvania. An Army veteran, Rendell is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova Law School.
Panel:
U.S. Governors Address Challenges Facing Their States
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