In honor of the 20th Anniversary of 9-11, our guests will be Mark Holman and Mark Campbell, former top aides to then Governor Tom Ridge.
For more than 35 years, Mark Holman has served as a senior manager and advisor within both the Federal legislative and executive branches, State executive branch, and in eight political campaigns. He managed Governor Tom Ridge’s first campaign for Congress in 1982 and later his first gubernatorial campaign. He was Governor Ridge’s Chief of Staff from 1995-2000,
He served as Deputy Assistant to the President in the White House Office of Homeland Security, assisting President George W. Bush and Governor Ridge with policymaking that ultimately led to the historic creation of the nation’s first Department of Homeland Security
He has served on the Republican Governors Association Finance Committee, the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the Blue Ribbon Commission on Pennsylvania’s Election Security and the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation.
Since 1982, Mark Campbell has developed extensive experience in politics, public policy, and government decision making.
As a Chief of Staff for both Governor Tom Ridge and Governor Mark Schweiker, he oversaw every aspect of state government programs, policies, and budgets. He has served as a senior-level lobbyist with Harrisburg-based Greenlee Partners and The Swarthmore Group, a Philadelphia-based institutional asset management firm. He is also Chairman of Board of his alma mater, Allegheny College.
investigated government and contractor fraud, waste and abuse within state government. He then went on to become a Special Agent with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General, investigating Medicaid fraud and illegal prescription drug diversion. Later he became a Fraud Investigator and Internal Auditor for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Health Plan and various federal contractors.
Harrisburg Hilton.