2022
January
Sen. Kim Ward
PA Senate Majority Leader
February
Rep. Kerry Benninghoff
PA House Majority Leader
March
Salena Zito
National Political Columnist and Reporter
April
Berwood Yost
Director of the Franklin & Marshall College Poll
May
David Thornburgh
Senior Advisor to the Committee of Seventy
Chair of BallotPA
June
Senator Ryan Aument
Republican Caucus Chair
July
US Rep. Madeleine Dean
August
State Rep. Seth Grove
R-York
September
Shamaine Daniels
Democratic Candidate for Congress
10th Congressional District
October
Leigh M. Chapman
Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth
November
Sen. Sharif Street
Chair, PA Democratic Party
2021
June
US Senator Pat Toomey
July
Pennsylvania Auditor General
Timothy DeFoor
August
Mark Holman and Mark Campbell
Former top aides to then Governor Tom Ridge
September
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity
October
Rep. Joanna McClinton
PA House Democratic Leader
November
Chancellor Dan Greenstein
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
2020
January
Kathy Boockvar
Pennsylvania Secretary of State
February
Rep. Bryan Cutler
PA House Majority Leader
All further luncheons in 2020 were cancelled
because of Covid
2019
January
Rep. Bryan Cutler
PA House Majority Leader
February
Sen. Jake Corman
Senate Majority Leader
March
Dr. Daniel Greenstein
Chancellor
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
April
Robert Wonderling
President & CEO
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia
May
Mark Segal
Founder and Publisher
Philadelphia Gay News
June
Brandon Flood
Secretary of the Board of Pardons
July
Teresa Miller
Secretary of Human Services
August
US Rep. Dwight Evans
September
Senator Katie Muth
(D-Montgomery, Chester, Berks)
October
Lawrence Tabas
Chairman
Republican Party of Pennsylvania
November
Lieutenant Governor
John Fetterman
2018
January
Paul Mango
Republican Candidate for Governor
February
Senator Scott Wagner
Republican Candidate for Governor
March
Laura Ellsworth
Republican Candidate for Governor
April
Jennifer Storm
Pennsylvania Victim Advocate
May
Sen. Joe Scarnati
Senate President Pro Tempore
June
Rep. Lou Barletta
Republican Candidate for US Senate
July
Sen. Bob Casey
Democratic Candidate for US Senate
August
Scott Wagner
Republican Candidate for Governor
September
Governor Tom Wolf
Democratic Candidate for Governor
October
Alan Novak
Former Republican State Committee Chair
TJ Rooney
Former Democratic State Committee Chair
November
Josh Shapiro
PA Attorney General
2017
January
Dave Reed
PA House Majority Leader
February
Randy Albright
PA Budget Secretary
March
Congressman Charlie Dent
April
Pedro Cortes
PA Secretary of State
May
Mike Turzai
Speaker of the House
June
Senator Jay Costa
Senate Minority Leader
July
Rick Bloomingdale
President, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
August
Chris Martin IV
CEO, CF Martin & Co., Guitars
September
Joe Torsella
PA State Treasurer
October
Governor Tom Wolf
November
John Wetzel
PA Secretary of Corrections
2016
January
Joe Sestak
Democratic Candidate for US Senate
February
John Fetterman
Democratic Candidate for US Senate
March
Katie McGinty
Democratic Candidate for US Senate
April
Rep. William Adolph
Chairman, PA House Appropriations Committee
May
Josh Shapiro
Democratic Candidate for Attorney General
June
Leah Daughtry
CEO, Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
July
John Rafferty
Republican Candidate for Attorney General
August
Katie McGinty
Democratic Candidate for US Senate
September
Sen. Pat Toomey
Republican Candidate for US Senate
October
Dr. James H. Mullen
Allegheny College President
November
Celebrating 20 years of the Pennsylvania Press Club
2015
January
Rep. Dave Reed
House Majority Leader
February
Erik Arneson
Appointed and Contested Director
PA Office of Open Records
March
Sen. Jake Corman
Senate Majority Leader
April
Dr. William R. Hite, Jr.
Superintendent of School District of Philadelphia
May
Katie McGinty
Chief of Staff for Gov. Tom Wolf
June
Senator Scott Wagner
July
Rep. Mike Turzai, Speaker of the House
August
Pedro Rivera
Secretary of Education
September
Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
October
Senator Jay Costa
Senate Minority Leader
November
Governor Tom Wolf
2014
January
Katie McGinty Democratic Candidate for Governor
February
Tom Wolf Democratic Candidate for Governor
March
Rob McCord
Democratic Candidate for Governor
April
Allyson Schwartz Democratic Candidate for Governor
May
Eric Papenfuse
Mayor of Harrisburg
June
Charles Zogby
PA Budget Secretary
July
Sen. Mike Stack
Democratic Candidate for Lt. Governor
August
Penn State President Eric Barron
September
Tom Wolf
Democratic Candidate for Governor
October
Gov. Tom Corbett
Republican Candidate for Re-Election
November
Rep. Sam Smth
Retiring Speaker of the House
2013
January
Charles Zogby, PA Budget Secretary
Feburary
Eugene DePasquale, PA Auditor General
March
Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
April
Sen. Joseph Scarnatti
Senate President Pro Tempore
May
Sen. Jay Costa
Senate Democratic Leader
June
Attorney General Kathleen Kane
July
Terry Mutchler
Executive Director
PA Office of Open Records
August
Dick Yuengling
President and Owner, Yuengling Brewery
September
Rep. Mike Turzai
PA House Majority Leader
October
Andrew Carter
President and CEO
Hospital and Heathsystem Association of PA
November
Congressman Charlie Dent
2012
January
Sara Ganim
Harrisburg Patriot-News reporter who broke the Jerry Sandusky child-sex abuse scandal
February
Barry Schoch, PA Secretary of Transportation
March
Congressman Todd Platts
April
John Wetzel, Secretary, PA Department of Corrections
May
Sen. Jake Corman
Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee
June
David Freed
Republican Candidate for PA Attornet General
July
US Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.
August
Tom Smith
Republican Candidate for US Senate
September
Former Governor Ed Rendell
October
US Senator Pat Toomey
November
Governor Tom Corbett
2011
November
Governor Tom Corbett
October
Penn State President Graham Spanier
September
Sen. Joseph Scarnati
PA Senate President Pro Tempore
August
Carmen Finestra
TV Producer, “The Cosby Show”, “Home Improvement”
July
Rob McCord
PA State Treasurer
June
Ron Tomalis
PA Secretary of Education
May
Rep. Sam Smith
Speaker of the House
April
John C. Cavanaugh
Chancellor
PA State System of Higher Education
March
Wendell Young IV
President, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776
February
PA Budget Secretary Charles Zogby
January
Rep. Mike Turzai
PA House Majority Leader
2010
November
Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson
October
Tom Corbett
Republican Candidate for PA Governor
September
Dan Onorato
Democratic Candidtate for PA Governor
August
Pat Toomey
Republican Candidate for US Senate
July
US Rep. Joe Sestak
Democratic Candidate for US Senate
June
Sen. Dominic Pileggi
PA Senate Majority Leader
May
Rick Santorum
April
US Senator Arlen Specter
Candidate for Re-election
March
US Rep. Joe Sestak
Democratic Candidate for US Senate
February
Joe Hoeffel
Democratic Candidate for Governor
January
Rep. Sam Rohrer
Republican Canidate for Governor
2009
November
US Rep. Jim Gerlach
Republican Candidate for Governor
October
Judge Joan Orie Melvin
Republican Candidate for Supreme Court
September
Judge Jack Panella
Democratic Candidate for PA Supreme Court
August
Shirley Anne Warshaw
Presidential scholar, Gettysburg College professor
July
Ray Walker, Co-Chair, Marcellus Shale Committee
June
Rep. Keith McCall, Speaker of the House
May
Pat Toomey, Republican Candidate for US Senate
April
Sen. Jake Corman, Chairman PA Senate Appropriations Committee
March
Rep. Todd Eachus, PA House Majority Leader
February
US Rep. Allyson Schwartz
January
US Senator Arlen Specter
2008
November
Former Speaker of the House Robert W. O’Donnell
October
Speaker of the House Dennis O’Brien
September
Tom Corbett
PA Attorney General
and Republican Candidate for Re-election
August
John Morganelli
Northampton County District Attorney
and Democratic Candidate for PA Attorney General
July
Major General Jessica Wright
Pennsylvania Adjutant General
June
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille
May
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
April
Rep. Sam Smith, PA House Minority Leader
March
Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta
February
Dan Onorato, Allegheny County Executive
January
Rep. Bill DeWeese, PA House Majority Leader
2007
November
Brian Tierney, Publisher, Philadelphia Inquirer
October
PA Auditor General Jack Wagner
September
Rep. Josh Shapiro, Co-chair, Speaker’s Commission on Legislative Reform
August
Col. Jeffrey Miller, PA State Police Commissioner
July
Justice Thomas Saylor, PA Supreme Court
June
Rosemarie Greco, Director of Health Care Reform
May
Sen. Joseph Scarnati, PA Senator President Pro Tempore
April
Allen Biehler, PA Secretary of Transportation
March
Governor Ed Rendell
February
Speaker of the House Dennis O’Brien
January
Sen. Dominic Pileggi, Senate Majority Leader
2006
November
Speaker of the House John Perzel
October
Lou Barletta, Mayor of Hazleton
September
Gov. Ed Rendell, Democratic Candidate for Re-election
August
US Sen. Rick Santorum, Republican Candidate for Re-election
July
Bob Casey, Democratic Candidate for US Senate
June
Jim Matthews, Republican Candidate for Lt. Governor
May
Lynn Swann, Republican Candidate for Governor
April
Rep. Sam Smith, PA House Majority Leader
March
Sen. Vincent Fumo (D-Philadelphia)
February
Maj. Gen. Wesley Craig, Commander, Pennsylvania National Guard
January
Bill Scranton, Republican Candidate for Governor
2005
November
Lynn Swann, NFL Hall of Famer
October
Eugene Hickock, former PA Education Secretary
Former US Assistant Secretary of Education
September
Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed
August
Russ Diamond, Founder “Operation Clean Sweep Pennsylvania”
July
Estelle Richman, PA Secretary of Public Welfare
June
Rep. Brett Feese, PA House Appropriations Chairman
May
Rep. H. William DeWeese PA House Democratic Leader
April
Thomas “Tad” Decker PA Gaming Control Board Chairman
March
Sen. David J. “Chip” Brightbill, PA Senate Majority Leader
February
Rep. Dwight Evans, Minority Chairman, PA House Appropriations Committee
January
PA House Speaker John Perzel
2004
November
Jack Wagner, PA Auditor General-Elect
October
Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortes
September
US Senator Arlen Specter
August
Congressman Joe Hoefel, Democratic Candidate for US Senate
July
Graham Spanier, Penn State President
June
Tom Corbett, Republican Candidate for PA Attorney General
May
Jim Eisenhower, Democratic Candidate for PA Attorney General
April
Gerald Pappert, PA Attorney General
March
Sen. Vincent Fumo (D-Philadelphia)
February
US Rep, Pat Toomey, Republican Candidate for US Senate
January
Gov. Dick Thornburgh, PA Governor (1979-1987)
US Attorney General (1988-1991)
2003
November
Justice Ralph Cappy, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
October
Congressman Todd Platts
September
Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, PA Senate Republican Whip
August
Rosemarie Greco, Director of the PA Office of Health Care Reform
July
Kathleen McGinty, Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection
June
Greg Fajt, PA Secretary of Revenue
May
Rep. David Argall, Chairman, PA House Appropriations Committee
April
Michael J. Masch, PA Budget Secretary
March
Vicki L. Phillips, PA Secretary of Education
February
Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Archdiocese of Philadelphia
January
Dr. Judith Rodin, President of the University of Pennsylvania
2002
November
Rep. John Perzel (R-Philadelphia), PA House Majority Leader
October
Mike Fisher, PA Attorney General and Republican Candidate for Governor
September
Ed Rendell, Democratic Candidate for Governor
August
Congressman George Gekas and Congressman Tim Holden
July
David I. Greenberg
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
June
Sen. Vincent Fumo (D-Philadelphia)
May
Earl P. Freilino, Pennsylvania’s Homeland Security Director
April
Ed Rendell, Democratic Candidate for Governor
March
Attorney General Mike Fisher, Republican Candidate for Governor
February
Sen. Jane Earll, Republican Candidate for Lt. Governor
January
Sen. Robert Jubelirer, PA Lieutenant Governor
2001
November
US Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Delaware County)
November
Gov. Mark Schweiker
October
Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia
September
Judge Kate Ford Elliott, PA Superior Court Judge and PA Supreme Court candidate
August
J. Michael Eakin, PA Superior Court Judge and PA Supreme Court candidate
July
William C. Costopoulos, Attorney and author
June
Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed
May
David Newhouse, Executive Editor, Harrisburg Patriot-News
April
Rep.Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia)
March
Sen. Jeffrey E. Piccola (R-Dauphin), Senate Majority Whip
February
Sen. David J. “Chip” Brightbill, PA Senate Majority Leader
January
Samuel E. Hayes, Jr., PA Secretary of Agriculture
2000
November
Jerry Sandusky
Former Penn State Football Coach
October
Reps. John Perzel, PA House Majority Leader
H. William DeWeese, PA House Minority Leader
September
PA Treasurer Barbara Hafer
August
Johnny Butler
PA Secretary of Labor & Industry
July
PA Attorney General Mike Fisher
June
Rep. Katie True
Republican Candidate for Auditor General
May
Jim Eisenhower
Democratic Candidate for PA Attorney General
April
US Rep.Ron Klink
Candidate for US Senate
March
James K. Glassman
American Enterprise Institute
February
Brigadier General Barbara Doornink
January
U.S. Senator Rick Santorum
1999
November
John Timoney
Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department
October
Lt. Gov. Mark Schweiker
September
Ernie Preate
Former PA Attorney General and Former State Prison Inmate
August
Bill George
President, PA AFL-CIO
July
Rep. Bud Shuster
Chairman of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
June
Brian Lockman
President and CEO, Pennsylvania Cable Network
May
Brad Mallory
PA Secretary of Transportation
April
Bill Giles
Chairman, Philadelphia Phillies
March
James McCormick
Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education
February
PA House Speaker Matt Ryan
January
Gov. Tom Ridge
1998
November
Congressman George Gekas
October
State Rep. Ivan Itkin, Democratic Candidate for Governor
September
State Rep. Bill Lloyd, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate
August
Peg Luksik, Constitutional Party Candidate for Governor
July
Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed
June
Dr. John Latschar, Superintendent, Gettysburg National Military Park
May
State Reps. John Perzel and Mike Veon
April
U.S. Senator Arlen Specter
March
Public Welfare Secretary Feather Houstoun
February
PSEA President David Gondak
January
PSU President Graham Spanier
1997
November
PUC Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell
October
State Treasurer Barbara Hafer
September
Attorney General Mike Fisher
August
Education Secretary Eugene Hickok
July
C-SPAN President Brian Lamb
June
Auditor General Bob Casey
May
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Zappala
April
State Store Workers President Ed Cloonan
March
Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell
February
Governor Tom Ridge
January
State Senator Vince Fumo
1996
November
Kerry Kirkland, Executive Director, PA State Democratic Committee
Alan Novak, Republican State Committee Chair
October
Secretary of Commerce Thomas Hagen