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SUCCESS DEMANDS STRONG LEADERSHIP.

John J. Dougherty, Business Manager, IBEW Local 98

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 is a force for good in Philadelphia and throughout Pennsylvania. Our hard working members' craftsmanship can be seen in every major construction project in the region.

Great leadership powers our success.

The proud officers and members of IBEW Local 98 salute our Business Manager John J. Dougherty on once again being selected as one of City & State Magazine's "Power 100" professionals.

Congratulations, John, on a well-deserved honor!

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Chairman Steve Farbman President/CEO Tom Allon tallon@cityandstatepa.com Editor Greg Salisbury gsalisbury@cityandstatepa.com Staff Reporter Ryan Briggs rbriggs@cityandstatepa.com Director of Pennsylvania Operations Allison Murphy amurphy@cityandstatepa.com Editorial Director Jon Lentz jlentz@cityandstatepa.com Managing Editor Ryan Somers rsomers@cityandstatepa.com Art Director Andrew Horton Copy Editor Eric Holmberg

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ELCOME TO THE second edition of the Power 100, our annual reckoning of the most politically influential Pennsylvanians.

In 2018, “reckoning” is as apt a word as any to describe the transitory, fraught nature of not just gaining pre-eminence and prestige in the commonwealth, but for holding onto it as well.

Exhibit A: The unprecedented exodus of Keystone State Republican congressmen due to reasons ranging from scandal (Tim Murphy, Pat Meehan) to the marginalization of moderates and career opportunities (Charlie Dent), running for higher office (Lou Barletta) and, of course, the state Supreme Court’s landmark redistricting of congressional districts in response to gerrymandering (Ryan Costello, Bill Shuster). And the retirement/ resignation wave isn’t limited to Republicans; longtime Democratic stalwart Bob Brady is retiring as well.

For those on last year’s Power 100 who have moved down and out, an equal number have moved up and in, resulting in an aggregation that includes Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, who finally brought a Super Bowl title to Philadelphia; state Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Saylor, whose chamber was responsible for redistricting; Larry Krasner, who is proving to be every bit the disruptive district attorney for Philadelphia that he promised to be as a candidate; and another 17 honorees new to the list this year.

About the methodology: We began compiling potential candidates as soon as last year’s list was published, and continued to add and subtract names throughout the ensuing months before culling the list with a panel composed of people intimately acquainted with the halls and trappings of power in Pennsylvania.

Whether you agree or disagree with the selections, the rankings – or even the format – we would love to know what you think about this list and who you think should be on next year’s. Send your thoughts to gsalisbury@cityandstatepa.com.

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However, while polling last year put the governor on decent-at-best footing, many political observers are now betting that his quest for another term will end by routing a GOP too long enmeshed in an acrimonious gubernatorial primary.

Not long ago, Republicans had hoped to cast Wolf as too liberal for most Pennsylvanians – a message diluted by their bitter primary feud. Meanwhile, many Democrats, angered by President Donald Trump’s agenda, have come to view Wolf as critical line of defense for progressive policies with the state and federal government largely ruled by Republicans.

At home, many in the state Legislature are as eager as Wolf to pass an uncontroversial budget ahead of an uncertain election cycle, meaning that the governor will also likely dodge another contentious fiscal battle. State revenues, surprisingly, also appear to be on the rise.

Wolf, the heir to an impressive family fortune built off a cabinet company, also sits atop an impressive campaign war chest – with some $14.7 million in the bank, by recent accounting – ahead of a “blue wave” some see coming in November.

Regardless of whether a Democratic surge materializes, Republicans across the country are preparing to circle their wagons, meaning any prospective challenger will only be able to count on so much external support as the party at large seeks to defend critical incumbencies.

Wolf, on the other hand, is back on the offensive, be it taking yet another shot at a natural gas severance tax, soaking up publicity with recently freed rapper Meek Mill as he issues a call for statewide criminal justice reforms or pushing for more gun control in the wake of the Parkland massacre.

In short, the days when Wolf’s political opponents scoffed at “One-Term Tom” seem to be over. While the governor will still likely return to a Republican-controlled General Assembly if he emerges victorious, many expect that the GOP’s ranks will at least be noticeably thinned. The state’s top Democrat, on the other hand, will be in his strongest position since his inauguration. A larger question for many observers is how effectively he will use his sizable largesse to build up state Democrats in order to fully realize his agenda.

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VEN AS THE former Wall Street financier’s party continues to drift rightward away from the traditional tenets of conservatism, Toomey has improbably held on to his position as a nationally influential Republican and is, certainly, still the most powerful member of the GOP in Pennsylvania.

Always lukewarm at best in his support of Trump as both candidate and president, the senator from the Lehigh Valley has increasingly become a quiet foil to the bombast of the White House and its more strident allies in Congress. He has decisively emerged as a leader in recent Republican attempts to overhaul the federal tax code – which remains the current administration’s most visible political accomplishment to date. And he publicly called for U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore to step out of an Alabama special election over his alleged relationships with teen girls.

By once again garnering national headlines for leading a recent push to roll back decades of government business regulations and gut Obamacare, Toomey has burnished his bona fides as an Ivy League-educated, free-market purist in a government whipsawing between tariff proposals and immigration restrictions loathed by many economic conservatives.

As public outcry over mass shootings has continued unabated since February’s Parkland massacre, Toomey again broke with many in his party to float bipartisan gun control legislation with Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, winning national recognition in the process. (He earned direct barbs from Trump, who said the bill didn’t go far enough.)

The Rhode Island native is not above his own dalliancies with political vitriol, of course – he said impeaching Penn-

sylvania Supreme Court justices over congressional redistricting was “worth discussing.” But if, as seems likely, the future yields more Trump-like Republicans in Congress, Toomey’s position as a more traditional conservative voice will only be boosted if the Senate GOP majority narrows in November. Toomey could very well supplant figures like U.S. Sen. John McCain, leveraging his influence as a crucial swing vote within the GOP. It would be remiss to ignore the withering criticism that Toomey has faced from activist groups across the state seeking to assail the state’s top Republican.

But the protests over Toomey’s purported inaccessibility or votes in Congress are dampened by the fact that he has years left in his term – and few real political rivals at home. If anything, the protest movements are a recognition of the power Toomey wields in D.C.

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HETHER YOU’RE watching your favorite show on NBC via your Xfinity cable subscription or as a cord-cutter via Xfinity internet service – or even on your cell phone with one of the company’s wireless plans – you’re becoming part of the ever-expanding world of Comcast, led by Brian Roberts.

Under his watch, Comcast has continued to redefine the corporate landscape of Philadelphia. The company has come light-years from its early days as a tiny cable provider in Tupelo, Mississippi, in the early 1960s: It is ranked No. 31 on the 2017 Fortune 500, with some $80 billion in revenues. While his salary dipped slightly to $32.5 million in 2017, Roberts’ net worth continues to hover somewhere in eight-fig-

ure territory (not to mention a one-third ownership stake in the company). As the son of the company’s late founder, Ralph Roberts, he is not only one of Pennsylvania’s wealthiest citizens – he is also one of its most politically involved. In the city, the state and, increasingly, across the country, Comcast gets what it wants.

A hugely influential national political donor, along with Comcast Senior Vice President David L. Cohen (who also landed in the Power 100), Roberts has been pushing the company forward on a number of fronts to maintain its growth. The 2015 failed merger with Time Warner Cable stung, as did this year’s lost battle to acquire 21st Century Fox’s assets – antitrust fears drove the company into the arms of Disney. But those setbacks have been more than offset

by successes like the integration of NBCUniversal, the repeal of net neutrality, a legal victory against efforts to prohibit employers from asking about salary history, and the launch of its wireless phone service. Add to that record the imminent – although over budget and behind schedule – opening of its companion 60-story Center City office tower and its aggressive pursuit of British satellite giant Sky and it’s clear that for Roberts, the only way forward is to get bigger.

Roberts and Cohen have made it clear they plan to keep the company’s agenda in front of lawmakers at all levels this year.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Comcast has already spent more than $4 million on some 40 lobbying firms to further its agenda in Philadelphia and across the United States in 2018.

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S HE GIRDS FOR battle in the November general election with Republican opponent and current Rep. Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania’s senior senator has shown no sign of altering the increasingly forceful stances on any and all issues that he finds himself on the opposite side of the Trump administration and its Republican allies in Congress.

Accordingly, that’s provided him with no shortage of opportunities to show Pennsylvanians why he would be their best advocate in the Senate. Casey has continued to both speak out on what he sees as threats to his constituents, like the perils of the GOP’s signature tax plan, and to take action on legislation like a bill to help grandparents raising their grandchildren – of which there

are 100,000 such dependents in the state alone – a number that has continued to grow as a result of the worsening opioid crisis taking a generation of parents.

The son of Bob Casey, the state’s 42nd governor – and of the same Scranton that was home to the families of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden – is looking to make the midterm election his seventh statewide election victory since 1996 – a streak that includes wins for auditor general and treasurer as well as his current position. (He lost the 1996 Democratic primary for governor to eventual winner Ed Rendell.) Thanks both to his tenure and the changing makeup of the Senate, the pro-gun, anti-choice Casey has continued to move up the chamber’s seniority ladder – a measure of prominence and influence – and has landed on a number

of Senate committees, including Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Finance; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

As an incumbent Democrat in a state that went for Trump in the 2016 election, Casey has long been targeted as vulnerable by the GOP and its numerous PACs. The combination of Barletta’s early, vigorous embrace of Trumpism and outside groups’ ad buys will no doubt be a potent one, but Casey has the track record, the visibility and the cash on hand – he currently has somewhere around 10 times as much in his coffers as Barletta – to hold his own.

If he does so, he will either be relied upon to forge ahead as a leading voice of the opposition in the Senate or – in a best-case scenario for his party – one of the majority’s point people in the chamber.

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It’s been an unusually trying year for Scarnati, generally acknowledged as the most powerful Republican in the Capitol. The state Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling was a huge blow, professionally and personally. Not only did Scarnati lead the failed GOP opposition and legal challenge, but he was also ordered to pay $29,000 in legal fees related to the case and found himself battling a House effort to impeach the justices who voted for redistricting. Still, Scarnati leads a Senate GOP supermajority – and can dictate much of what happens in the state.

A federal investigation into Local 98 has done little to dilute Dougherty’s influence. He helped elect Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, his allies control much of City Council and he was instrumental in fundraising for former Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Rich Lazer’s bid for the Democratic nod for the PA-5 seat. Dougherty touted Philadelphia to Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, promising the building trade unions’ cooperation for HQ2 construction – even sending Bezos Philadelphia sports jerseys.

The group of people who have had arguably the most impact on the commonwealth this year is Saylor and his six fellow justices.

Their majority decision to redistrict Pennsylvania’s congressional maps could shift the balance of power in the state – and possibly Congress. Saylor voted against redistricting, but vociferously shut down state GOP efforts to impeach the justices who did vote in favor. Look for him to become an even more outspoken advocate of judicial branch powers to pre-emptively thwart legislative attempts to curtail them.

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Amy Gutmann’s stewardship of the University of Pennsylvania’s numerous academic institutions, medical system and an ever-increasing infrastructure that continue to make Penn the largest employer in Philadelphia – and one of the largest in the state – has made her one of the highest-paid and most listened-to college presidents in the country. For her next trick, Gutmann, the longest-serving president in Penn’s 278‑year history, will lead a fundraising push, announced last month, to raise the university’s endowment by $4.1 billion.

The labor-aligned Brady, who announced earlier this year that he would retire at the end of his current term, has held considerable sway in Philadelphia and on Capitol Hill for decades. He has run the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee since 1986 and wields considerable influence as ranking member of the Committee on House Administration.

Despite his looming exit from Congress, redistricting and a party moving swiftly to his left, by continuing as head of Philly Democrats, Brady isn’t going anywhere.

Steven Collis has served in an array of executive roles since joining the Chesterbrook-based drug wholesale giant in 1994. Born in South Africa, Collis studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, earning the equivalent of a CPA. AmerisourceBergen has received heat in the face of America’s growing opioid epidemic, and Collis has responded in kind, saying the company is only distributing painkillers as they are needed and that the company is trying to be proactive going forward.

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About a year after his successful effort to enact a precedent-setting soda tax to fund key initiatives – raising almost $79 million – Kenney remains popular and powerful, as seen recently by his strong condemnation of the arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks. Kenney wields tremendous influence over a city that is seeing growth in population and tax revenues. His sights are set on continuing to expand subsidized pre-K and the $500 million Rebuild program, as well as pushing to legalize recreational marijuana.

A former state legislator and later Montgomery County commissioner, Josh Shapiro swooped into the attorney general’s office despite the baggage of Kathleen Kane’s indictment and an election that battered the Democratic Party. He instituted new ethics training in the troubled office while earning media attention for moderate pushback on Trump’s proposed travel ban and moves to address the opioid crisis. With his much-discussed aspirations for the governor’s office, Shapiro’s star has only continued to rise.

After making a name for himself by defending activist groups like Black Lives Matter pro bono, Larry Krasner made headlines by winning the race for Philly DA last year. He has called to end mass incarceration, announced an end to cash bail for certain crimes and ordered his staff to push diversionary tactics where appropriate, among a litany of other changes. These reforms have not been without pushback; his election and subsequent shake-ups have been met with fierce and vocal opposition.

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David Cohen, the wonkish mastermind behind then-Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell’s City Hall administration – and who is now a Comcast executive and national Democratic megadonor – is a mahoff. While hosting sitting presidents at his Chestnut Hill residence, he has extended the telecom giant’s reach across the country, scoring legislative victories in Washington, D.C. Comcast remains the top corporation in Philadelphia, unafraid to tangle with City Hall over the city’s business climate.

House Speaker Mike Turzai may have bowed out of this year’s gubernatorial race – after the state Republican Party endorsed a rival – but he has remained front and center in the battle over Pennsylvania’s electoral map, leading an effort to block federally mandated redistricting of a territory deemed to be gerrymandered in favor of Republicans. Even without the imprimatur of the state’s top job, Turzai reigns over Harrisburg’s sometimes-chaotic lower chamber, with many aspirational bills living or dying on his support alone.

At just 24, Reed was part of a wave of GOP candidates who swept into previously blue districts in 2002. Long considered a rising star, the popular House majority leader announced his bid for Congress earlier this year – then abruptly withdrew when the newly redrawn congressional map would have pitted him against an incumbent. That, combined with his decision not to run for re-election, has set off speculation about the future balance of power in the House.

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Haas is one of the primary drivers behind Philadelphia’s $500 million Rebuild program: The foundation’s $100 million contribution will help the city rehab 61 parks, libraries and rec centers over the next 18 months. The foundation also made waves earlier this year with a $42 million grant to the Delaware River Watershed Initiative. Haas, a palliative care specialist at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center, also helms the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle has championed the Pittsburgh area for more than 20 years and is Pennsylvania’s most senior member of Congress. From his perch on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Doyle has long been a passionate defender of net neutrality, introducing legislation to overturn the FCC’s 2017 decision against net neutrality. Doyle has also spoken prominently in favor of gun control measures and is the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Autism Caucus.

The scion and CEO of the $2.8 billion company 84 Lumber, Maggie Hardy Magerko is one of the state’s wealthiest women and arguably its most publicly influential. An avowed supporter of President Donald Trump, she helps oversee a family fortune she has liberally used to support conservative candidates as well as attention-grabbing philanthropic projects, like her recent donation to buy metal detectors for a local school district as concerns rise over gun violence.

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Peter Goldberger, a widely recognized criminal defense lawyer, was a longtime board member of the ACLU’s Philadelphia and Pennsylvania affiliates before becoming state president, specializing in sentencing and appeals for federal criminal cases.

His influence as the state’s ACLU chief will likely be magnified by the confluence between his own advocacy – he has advised the Innocence Project of Pennsylvania and Families Against Mandatory Minimums – and the criminal justice reform platform of Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner.

Elected in 2012, Fitzgerald has consolidated power in Allegheny County, establishing a well-oiled political machine with robust fundraising and few public opponents. Fitzgerald, a Democrat, is part of a new wave of progressive politicians – including political ally Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, whom Fitzgerald helped elect – who aim to continue Western Pennsylvania’s momentum as it transforms from a manufacturing region to a technology and health sciences hub. He has focused on upgrading transit and infrastructure around the Pittsburgh region.

His Western Pennsylvania district may be transforming with November’s redrawn electoral map, but Democratic U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, a 33-year-old Penn grad, positioned himself as a force to be reckoned with by winning a March special election. Lamb’s margin of victory was narrow, but by replacing a Republican in a region Trump won by 20 percentage points in 2016, the Democrat called attention to his own ambitions – and to the dangers facing the GOP in the 2018 midterm elections.

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Today, Philadelphia has 10 million more leisure visitors than it did in 1997, and a good share of the credit goes to Meryl Levitz. That was the year Levitz founded the organization that ultimately became Visit Philadelphia, which she has served as president and CEO, overseeing the city’s transformation from touristic afterthought to one of the nation’s most buzzed-about destinations. Levitz is retiring at the end of 2018, but her legacy includes billions of dollars in economic impact and tens of thousands of jobs.

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto won re‑election by a landslide in 2017, mirroring the momentum of his Western Pennsylvania city, whose burgeoning tech scene (Uber has a test center for self-driving cars) recently landed Pittsburgh on several lists of top millennial destinations. Peduto has endeared himself to progressives with a list of second‑term priorities that include universal pre-K, overhauling the lead-riddled public water system and establishing public-private partnerships with Pittsburgh’s powerful nonprofits to keep the city on a roll.

Democrat Brendan Boyle established himself as an advocate for education and economic equity issues during six years in the state House, where he expanded hatecrime legislation as co-founder of the LGBT Equality Caucus. Boyle currently represents PA-13, which includes Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia and will run for the newly created PA-2. Boyle co-chairs the Congressional Blue Collar Caucus, which aims to re-establish Democrats as the representatives of the working class in this year’s midterm elections.

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Last year, Dwight Evans was a Philadelphia comeback kid. The longtime former state representative, who had lost his powerful role atop the state House Appropriations Committee in 2010, went on to win the congressional seat of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah when Fattah resigned in a corruption scandal. During his first year representing Philadelphia and its wealthy suburbs in Washington, Evans has staked out a decidedly progressive stance, advocating for economic equity, gun control and affordable health care.

A Republican who has served his Central Pennsylvania Senate district since following in his father’s footsteps nearly 20 years ago, Jake Corman is known for his pragmatic budget solutions.

Recently, Corman spearheaded stricter anti-hazing legislation in the wake of a fraternity hazing death at Penn State, his alma mater. Corman has also been among the most vocal critics of the redrawn congressional district map, filing a lawsuit earlier this year against the revisions.

Under Rebecca Rimel’s direction, Pew has decamped from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., growing to have more than 750 employees, billions in assets, a national lobbying arm and a research division that issues public opinion surveys on a wide range of issues. Both she and Pew have maintained a deep connection to Philadelphia: Pew donates millions annually to regional arts and culture organizations and dominates policy discussions about city issues through its local research arm.

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When Michele Buck took over the reins of Hershey last year, she instantly became one of the state’s most important people, supervising a multibillion-dollar corporation, thousands of employees, the trust that owns 80 percent of the company and the Milton Hershey School for impoverished children. Buck is the first female CEO in Hershey’s 123-year history, and one of just 32 women running Fortune 500 companies. In her first year, Buck oversaw Hershey’s $1.6 billion acquisition of Amplify Snack Brands.

The four-term GOP congressman representing the state’s 10th District was an early supporter of Donald Trump, who rewarded Marino’s loyalty with a 2017 nomination to be the nation’s drug czar – until it was discovered that Marino had sponsored legislation on behalf of pharmaceutical companies that made it harder for the DEA to control the nation’s opioid epidemic. His nomination withdrawn, Marino remains close to Trump, which, along with his position on the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees, ensures his influence.

Eugene DePasquale has won a reputation as a dogged investigator of crooked math and crooked dealings, tackling issues from the state’s rape kit backlog to recalled toys to sexual harassment at the Philadelphia Parking Authority. He has also pushed for greater transparency at state universities and launched a school safety task force with Gov. Tom Wolf.

Unsurprisingly, rumors continue to percolate that DePasquale is expected to seek higher office within the next few election cycles.

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While Mayor Jim Kenney holds the city’s top job, Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke is arguably the city’s most powerful elected official.

And his influence may only be growing: Earlier this year, it was reported that Clarke would serve as an “advisor on government affairs” to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady on Philadelphia’s Democratic City Committee. Rumors suggest Clarke may be looking to succeed Brady, who is retiring from Congress, atop the DCC.

Alan Miller founded Universal Health Services in 1979 and has presided over its growth into one of the nation’s largest hospital management companies, with annual revenues of nearly $10 billion and more than 350 facilities. Miller, who is chairman and CEO of the King of Prussia-based Fortune 500 company, also serves in those capacities for another company he founded, University Health Realty Income Trust. Miller is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in American health care.

Madeline Bell joined CHOP as a nurse in the 1980s and, since 2015, has led the sprawling health system. During her tenure, Bell has overseen the implementation of streamlined electronic health records; a campus expansion; and the development of the country’s largest pediatric ambulatory network. Bell serves as chairwoman of the Economic and Community Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and is on the boards of Comcast and Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.

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Dennis R. Glass has led Radnor-based Lincoln Financial Group as CEO since 2007, having previously been the company’s COO. This year, Glass led Lincoln to acquire Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston. The insurance veteran also serves on the board of directors for Lincoln National Corp. and the board of the principal insurance subsidiaries of Lincoln Financial Group, as well as on the board and executive committee of the American Council of Life Insurers.

With York native Stan Saylor at the helm of the powerful state House Appropriations Committee, power in the Harrisburg chamber has decisively shifted to the middle of the state. The Republican former small businessman and 13-term House veteran takes a hard line on the state budget, favoring charter school reform, tax cuts and ending corporate welfare. He is also a proponent of the Keystone version of clean fuel technology, pushing to convert the state’s diesel-heavy mass transit fleets to natural gas.

Muller oversees the $6 billion Penn Medicine system – six acute care hospitals, an array of regional care facilities, and a staff of 35,000 serving more than 5 million patients annually. Since arriving in 2003, Muller has overseen the implementation of Penn’s electronic health records; the addition of numerous facilities, including hospitals in Lancaster and Princeton; and Penn Medicine’s largest capital project ever, the $300 million Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, designed by worldrenowned architect Rafael Viñoly.

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When Dan Hilferty weighs in on the need for a bipartisan, public-private fix for the Affordable Care Act, presidential ears perk up. As the head of the only health care insurer to offer plans in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Hilferty has advised Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump about the ACA, and he recently joined Gov. Tom Wolf to announce IBC’s campaign to combat the opioid crisis. Hilferty sits on the executive committee of America’s Health Insurance Plans, a trade association.

Stephen A. Cozen’s influence extends far beyond his firm, which has more than 700 attorneys in 28 offices worldwide. An emeritus member of the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s board of overseers, Cozen is part-owner of SugarHouse Casino. He serves on the board of the National Museum of American Jewish History, whose creation he championed, and chairs the board of the USC Shoah Foundation, for which he has raised millions.

Under the leadership of John Fry, Drexel successfully completed a $400 million capital campaign ahead of schedule, raised the college’s national profile and improved its student-to-faculty ratio. The chair of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, Fry’s partnership with Brandywine Realty Trust, Schuylkill Yards, broke ground last year on a $3 billion project to convert Drexel-owned parking lots and industrial buildings near Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station into a mixed-use development with residential high-rises, businesses and parks.

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For the past dozen years, Stulb has led LF Driscoll, an 89-year-old Philadelphia construction company, through a spate of high-profile projects around the region – including the Barnes Foundation, Citizens Bank Park, Comcast Center, and buildings for The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine. His influence is also felt in his relationships: Last summer, Stulb worked closely with John Dougherty, the building trades union boss, to resolve a dispute that had shut down work on the Comcast Center.

Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson has represented the north-central 5th Congressional District since 2009.

He serves on the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education and Workforce committees, and has lately championed legislation aimed at broadening workforce skills training. Thompson, a former critic and now vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, is also a consummate fundraiser, garnering donations from industries he supports, such as natural gas, manufacturing and health care.

Appointed by Gov. Tom Wolf in 2015, Leslie Richards brings a sustainability focus to the DOT’s $8 billion budget.

She introduced the Transportation Investment Plan to fund a 12-year program to address failing bridges and roads, and a $2.1 billion systemwide initiative to upgrade maintenance for the state’s 40,000 miles of roadway. Last summer, Richards became the first woman to be named chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission; she also chairs the Pennsylvania Public Private Partnership board.

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William Sasso

Val DiGiorgio

Wagner, the outspoken York native who was one of the three participants in this month’s bruising GOP gubernatorial primary, has focused his criticism on Gov. Tom Wolf, especially the natural gas severance tax, which Wolf has pushed for in successive budgets – and which Wagner vociferously opposes. A textbook conservative on many issues, Wagner has also supported discrimination protections for LGBTQ individuals and raising the state’s minimum wage, and co-sponsored “clean slate” legislation for nonviolent offenders.

William Sasso has been chairman of the Philadelphia-based law firm Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young since 1994, overseeing more than 200 lawyers in eight offices. Sasso has advised then-Gov. Tom Corbett, whose transition team he co-chaired, as well as Gov. Tom Wolf.

His presence is felt at institutions around town; currently, Sasso sits on the boards of directors of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Cancer Treatment Centers of America and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.

Val DiGiorgio’s challenge: Capitalize on the GOP’s 2016 electoral momentum in the Keystone State. That year, Pennsylvania Republicans celebrated their presidential candidate winning the state for the first time in 28 years; a state Senate supermajority; and a stronger presence in the state House.

Now DiGiorgio is working to expand the party’s dominance in this year’s midterms and beyond while battling an outbreak of internecine warfare and discontent with his performance in key races thus far.

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Both Mike Long and Todd Nyquist worked in the state Senate before creating Long, Nyquist & Associates in 2009.

Today they run one of the state’s most prominent and powerful lobbying firms.

Many regard Long not only as one of Pennsylvania’s top political operatives, but also as an architect of the state Senate’s Republican dominance; his firm has worked on campaigns for nearly a third of sitting senators, contributing to 2016’s GOP supermajority in the chamber.

Bob Asher is the ultimate Republican fundraiser, having raised millions for then-Gov. Tom Corbett and other state GOP candidates over his 30 years in politics. He oversaw campaigns for Corbett and for former Gov. Tom Ridge, fully rebounding from a 1987 corruption conviction that sent Asher to federal prison. A member of the 2016 Electoral College, Asher is also the longtime board chairman of Asher’s Chocolates, his fourth-generation family business.

Edward Stack took control of the sporting goods giant from his father, founder Dick Stack, in 1984. The chain went public in 2002, and Stack has a reported net worth of over a billion dollars. Stack made headlines following February’s shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, when he announced that both Dick’s and its Field & Stream stores would no longer sell high-capacity magazines or assault-style rifles, or any guns to customers under 21.

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As the head of one of the country’s most prominent lobbying groups, Mark Alderman has a knack for proximity to the levers of power: He served on President Barack Obama’s transition team, was the Pennsylvania chairman for the Democratic National Committee’s National Finance Committee and frequently offers his analysis on radio and cable news. Alderman’s firm announced a significant expansion of its state and local government affairs practice last year, with a flurry of new hires.

Sister Mary Scullion’s work as an advocate for the homeless has earned her national recognition. She began her outreach efforts in the mid-1970s, years before she co-founded Project HOME, which has since become one of the country’s most successful homeless aid organizations. In 2009, Time magazine included Scullion on its list of 100 people “who most affect our world.” Last year, Scullion was named an executive in residence at Cabrini University’s Nerney Leadership Institute.

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly has represented the state’s 3rd Congressional District, an area north of Pittsburgh including Erie, Clarion and Mercer counties, since 2011.

The Republican businessman, who owns car dealerships in his hometown of Butler, serves on the influential House Ways and Means Committee. Outspoken on taxes and trade, he hews to the Republican party line and has been a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump. Last year, Kelly announced he would forgo a Senate run and focus on re-election to Congress.

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Jeffrey Romoff has served as the leader of one of the country’s largest nonprofit health systems since 1992, growing it into a $14 billion global health enterprise. With more than 65,000 employees in 2017, UPMC was already the commonwealth’s largest employer outside of the government. Within the past year, Romoff has continued UPMC’s expansion, announcing mergers with local providers Cole Memorial Hospital and PinnacleHealth, along with a digital health care partnership with Microsoft.

Babin is a vice president at S.R. Wojdak & Associates, one of the state’s most influential and effective government relations firms. He’s represented clients on a variety of issues, including taxation, law enforcement, retail, corrections and even gaming. Babin’s business background includes serving as vice president of regulatory and governmental affairs for Columbia Gas of Ohio. He also learned the ropes of governing as executive director of the state Senate Labor and Industry and State Government Affairs committees.

Gabriel Escobar oversees the state’s largest news organization, which includes the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and philly.com. Having joined the Inquirer’s management team in 2007, Escobar is currently an architect of the company’s online presence as it seeks to become a digital-first news outfit.

Escobar, who was at The Washington Post for 16 years, oversaw the 2017 introduction of a digital subscription model as part of a larger strategy to update and integrate the tripartite publication.

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Stephen Klasko

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Martina White

Klasko doesn’t worry about the disruptive changes confronting health care and higher education; he is the disrupter. Exhibit A: Jefferson’s merger with Philadelphia University, which added an East Falls campus and enhanced academic and athletic offerings; Exhibit B: this year’s proposed merger with Einstein Health Network, aimed at creating the region’s largest medical residency program. Under Klasko’s leadership, Jefferson has become a regional powerhouse, with 14 hospitals and a student body that has doubled.

Donald Paoni works with clients to ensure their companies weather modern challenges and he delivers technological innovations that set them up for long‑term sustainable success. Even though he only took the reins in February, Paoni is an old hand at SAP, having joined the company in 1996. Paoni earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois and an MBA from Northwestern. He has served as the managing director of the Midwest region for the company and currently serves on the board of Junior Achievement Chicago.

At 29, Republican state Rep. Martina White is the youngest female member of the House. She won an open election in a Northeast Philadelphia district where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 2-to-1 margin. The proeducation representative has been pushing hard for a fair funding bill for state public schools. With the impending retirement of fellow Philly-area GOP state Rep. John Taylor, White will become a singularly important voice for Philadelphia in an overwhelmingly Republican state House.

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Lou Barletta

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Bill Hankowsky

During his decadelong stint as mayor of Hazleton, Barletta gained a national profile due to his outspoken opposition to undocumented immigrants. Since being elected to represent the 11th Congressional District, Barletta has expanded on his anti-immigrant beliefs. He was an early supporter of Donald Trump and backed his two Muslim ban executive orders.

Now, Barletta has his sights set on Bob Casey’s U.S. Senate seat and has received enormous suuport from the president, including a robocall effort this month.

Gerard Sweeney oversees one of the largest publicly traded integrated real estate companies in the U.S., with 28 million square feet of space and a market cap of almost $3 billion – numbers that will surely grow as the massive partnership with Drexel University, Schuylkill Yards, comes online. As chairman of the board of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, he’s also involved in decisions that affect trade on the Delaware River, development along the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia tourism and quality of life downtown.

As president, CEO and chairman of the board at Liberty Property Trust, Bill Hankowsky is at the reins of a company with assets totaling well over $6 billion.

The corporate real estate firm, with its headquarters in Malvern, has offices across the United States and the United Kingdom. Hankowsky has government chops as well: He spent 11 years as president of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and served a stint as Philadelphia’s commerce director before joining LPT in 2001.

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Patricia Mackavage

Larry Ceisler

Lloyd Smucker

Patricia Mackavage is very familiar with how state government operates: She served as a legislative aide to three Pennsylvania governors and worked as a lobbyist before landing at Duane Morris. Her department has a diverse client list. Mackavage manages the office’s day-to-day operations and represents clients’ issues before the state legislature and local governments in Pennsylvania on everything from brownfield development across the state to changing Pennsylvania policy to allow craft beer sales in supermarkets.

Larry Ceisler is a nationally recognized communications guru and an expert on the Electoral College and government. He co-founded his Philadelphia-based media advocacy firm, Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy, in 2003. It now has a client list that includes Comcast Corp., American Airlines, Walmart Inc. and the state of Israel. Ceisler is one of the dominant political operatives in the city, but he works hard to remain under the radar. He once again declined recognition and particpation on this list, but we included him anyway.

Lloyd Smucker spent eight years as a state senator in Harrisburg. Now, after his November 2016 victory, the freshman Republican congressman is on Capitol Hill representing Pennsylvania’s 16th District, which covers much of Lancaster and Chester counties, as well as a piece of Berks County. According to ProPublica, the staunchly conservative lawmaker votes in line with President Donald Trump 98.3 percent of the time. He will be running in the new PA-11, which leans even harder to the right.

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Matthew Cartwright has represented the 17th Congressional District, which includes Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, since 2013. The moderate Democrat supports good government practices involving transparency and efficiency; increasing taxes on the wealthy; and legislation that will address global warming. He sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee. Cartwright opposed attempts by the Trump administration to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with the American Health Care Act.

Temple president Richard Englert has had his fair share of challenges since taking the top spot at the rising university. The highly publicized resignation of Neil Theobald, the dismissal of Provost Hai-Lung Dai in response to a $22 million shortfall in 2016, the furor over former favorite son Bill Cosby’s conviction and the continued controversy over a proposed football stadium are just a few of the issues that have faced him as he leads Temple on its rapid climb up the rankings.

Eric Foss has been president and CEO of global food service giant Aramark since 2012. He was also elected chairman of Aramark’s board of directors in 2015.

Aramark, a Fortune 500 company, is the food service provider for more than 500 colleges and universities, a slew of sports stadiums and hundreds of detention facilities. The company has gradually increased its spending on lobbyists since 1998, tallying $570,000 in expenditures in 2016, though that number dropped to $230,000 in 2017.

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Craig Sabatino

Scott Perry

Jeffrey Lurie

A native South Philadelphian, Craig Sabatino prefers to take a hands-on approach to projects in his roles as co-founder and managing principal of Intech Construction. That may be due to his long history in construction, having worked for local companies in management roles early in his career. The company’s portfolio includes everything from restaurants and theatres to federal office buildings and health centers, spread throughout Philadelphia and the tri-state region.

Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry has represented Pennsylvania’s 4th District, which includes York and Cumberland counties, since 2013. He is a decorated Iraq War veteran and a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. He has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, although he did not support the original efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Perry’s coffers are full for his re-election bid this year, with $426,000 on hand, according to the York Daily Record.

There is arguably no more popular person on this list than the man who ended the Eagles’ championship drought. Fulfilling a promise made when he purchased the team in 1994, Lurie’s Eagles defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52. In addition to his championship credentials and owning one of the most valuable franchises in pro sports, Lurie has become an increasingly important voice in the NFL’s social justice outreach efforts in the wake of player protests.

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How successful has Eric Barron been since he took over the top spot at Penn State in May 2014? Enough so that he was just awarded a three-year extension – a recognition of Barron’s successes at leading the mammoth university through challenges that include diversity, benchmarks and affordability.

Barron, who was a Penn State dean and faculty member for 10 years and who previously served as president of Florida State University for four years, can now focus on building the endowment.

U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus has served Pennsylvania’s 12th District, which stretches from Beaver to Somerset counties, since 2013. The Republican is a former member of the Freedom Caucus, a group of the House GOP’s most conservative members. While still aligned with the group ideologically, Rothfus left it to focus on policy work. He remains a member of the Republican Study Committee, which is made up of conservative members who focus on support for taxpayers’ rights and the Second Amendment.

Since Joe Torsella took office as the state treasurer in January 2017, he has taken on a number of high-profile projects in addition to Pennsylvania’s yearly budget crisis. The founding president and CEO of the National Constitution Center has brought attention to the state’s fiscal transparency by creating a website that allows taxpyers to track exactly how their money is being spent. He has also worked to bring college savings accounts to every family and has focused on the looming retirement crisis in the state.

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Kristen Rotz

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As president of Service Employees International Union Local 668 – one of the largest public sector unions in Pennsylvania, representing some 11,000 state workers – Tom Herman was at the forefront of efforts to prevent 300 of its members from being laid off at state unemployment call centers during 2016’s funding stalemate. Despite his retirement, the longtime Democratic operative will be a critical player going forward as Scott Wagner barrels forward in his campaign for governor and continues to pick fights with public sector unions.

Kristen Rotz brings plenty of experience in health and human services to her role as president of the United Way of Pennsylvania, a position she’s held since 2014. For Rotz, leading Pennsylvania’s centralized United Way has meant advocating in Harrisburg on behalf of the local community chapters across the commonwealth, hoping to craft policies that are favorable to the charitable work they do in education, health and strengthening communities.

A longtime labor activist, Richard Bloomingdale has been president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO since 2010, overseeing some 900,000 union members statewide. With the continuation of Republican-led pushes to make Pennsylvania a right-to-work state – which could be potentially ruinous for union membership – Bloomingdale has found his voice as a leader of the opposition, and will continue to be called upon as the heavily conservative legislature seeks to dismantle labor’s bargaining and political strength.

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Richard Hayne

Patrick Gallagher

At the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Joseph Coradino has been overseeing the high-profile and high-risk acquisition and rebranding of Philadelphia’s Gallery into the three-block-long Fashion District Philadelphia, a $325 million project slated for a late 2018 unveiling. Given its prime location, the development has generated predictable press coverage for PREIT, with some 23 million square feet of property, and one of the first REITs to be publicly traded.

In 1970, Richard Hayne opened Urban Outfitters with a graduate school buddy in University City and the youth apparel company has since expanded to more than 200 locations across the U.S., Canada and Europe, making Hayne a billionaire and giving the brand name national recognition. The company is still located in Philadelphia; Hayne took the reins as CEO in 2012 and now oversees multiple brands under the URBN portfolio, which includes the critically acclaimed Vetri Family restaurants.

In 2014, Patrick Gallagher was elected as the 18th chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, the third-largest university in the state, putting the former bureaucrat in charge of an almost $2 billion budget and five campuses. Previously, Gallagher served as the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology under President Barack Obama.

Gallagher now heads the university where he earned a doctorate in physics.

He continues to be a leading voice for one of the rising city’s crown jewels.

Chairman and CEO, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

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Tom Reilly

David Fillman

Joe DeFelice

Tom Reilly has been with Turner Construction since 1987, when he started as a field engineer in New Jersey. In 2003 he was promoted to vice president and operations manager in charge of Turner’s Government Services group. Today, Reilly is at the helm of Turner’s MidAtlantic and Southeast offices, as well as its Federal Services group. Reilly has served in many executive and operational roles for Turner over the years and holds degrees in civil engineering and economics from Rutgers.

As the head of AFSCME Council 13, David Fillman represents over 65,000 state workers, more than any other public sector union in Pennsylvania, which gives him considerable sway at the state level in labor issues like pension reform. One measure of his leadership: the union is in the midst of a three-year contract that will incrementally raise the average member’s salary by $6,000 over its lifespan. The membership and its activism during elections means he and AFSCME are highly sought after by politicians.

The former head of Philadelphia’s Republican Party and a Trump supporter, DeFelice, a Northeast Philly native, was confirmed by the president as the Mid-Atlantic regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. The role puts him in charge of HUD services across Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, D.C. and West Virginia. A lawyer by trade, DeFelice graduated from LaSalle and Widener universities and has been a prominent booster of city Republicans.

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William Demchak joined PNC Financial Services Group in 2002 and was elected president of the company 10 years later (he was named company CEO the following year). Demchak started his career on Wall Street, but eventually made his way back to his hometown of Pittsburgh to join the financial services company at its headquarters. He’s among the 10 highest-paid CEOs in the banking industry, with a total annual compensation of $12 million.

Chris Gheysens has overseen the rapid expansion of everyone’s favorite hoagie and coffee stop into neighboring states, Washington, D.C., and Florida. He also spearheaded the revitalization of many legacy locations into ‘Super’ Wawas, which feature greatly expanded floor plans and gas. The opening of new storefronts in Center City Philadelphia that offer seating received predictably frenzied press coverage. It was announced in April that the biggest Wawa yet is coming to the Independence Mall area.

Since becoming chief of this chapter of public defenders in 2015, Keir Bradford‑Grey has called for eliminating cash bail for those arrested on nonviolent charges, worked on developing a service to remind defendants of court dates and celebrated a $3.5 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation for programs to reduce the city’s prison population. The first African-American woman to hold this post, she has gained a valuable new working relationship with the ascent of Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner.

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Bruce Van Saun

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Bruce Van Saun served on the Royal Bank of Scotland’s board from 2009 until 2013, when he joined Citizens Financial Group, where he is currently chairman and CEO. He helped lead the bank through its initial public offering in 2014 and its full split from RBS a year later. In his more than 30 years of financial services industry experience, Van Saun has worked for Deutsche Bank, Bank of New York Mellon among others, and is currently a director of Moody’s Corporation.

A longtime fixture in Philadelphia’s public relations world, Jeff Jubelirer has been a sought-after pundit and panelist for informative takes on politics and policy, frequently appearing on 6ABC’s “Inside Story.” In 2013, Jubelirer left his eponymous firm to join Bellevue Communications Group as a vice president. Jubelirer has made issue and crisis management his trademark focus, teaching a course on the subject at Temple University as an adjunct professor.

His clients include well-known businesses, executives and nonprofits.

Les Neri is the top cop with Pennsylvania’s Fraternal Order of Police, serving as the organization’s president since 2008, and his position gives him a bullhorn to speak out on issues central to Pennsylvania’s law enforcement officers.

He frequently testifies in Harrisburg, railing against bills that will affect the livelihoods of officers and endorsing those that would be a boon for them. In addition to his duties in Pennsylvania, he serves as the second vice president for the national FOP.

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David Feinberg

John L. Walsh

Making the jump from the Chester County Board of Commissioners to the big show in Washington, D.C., Ryan Costello was elected in 2014 to represent the 6th Congressional District, an area that covers West Chester, Phoenixville, Pottstown and Muhlenberg. Costello, a Republican, recently announced that he will retire at year’s end, dropping his re-election bid due to the increased competition from Pennsylvania’s recently redrawn district map and the current political environment.

As president and CEO of Geisinger Health System, David Feinberg is in control of a health care system that provides care to some 3 million people across 12 campuses and two research facilities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, employing 30,000 people. Since taking the reins in 2015, Feinberg has assumed leadership over the system that pioneered the ProvenCare model, which The New York Times called “surgery with a warranty,” receiving considerable national and international press for its innovation.

John Walsh has served as president and CEO of UGI Corp., which distributes electricity, natural gas and propane, since 2013, but has held numerous executive positions in the King of Prussia-headquartered company since 2005, including vice president of AmeriGas Propane. Holding a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University, Walsh came to the 136-year-old company after 19 years with BOC, an United Kingdom-based industrial gas company.

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Brian Fitzpatrick is a new face in Washington, D.C., after winning his first election in November 2016 and replacing his older brother, Mike, who retired due to self-imposed term limits, as the representative for Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, covering Bucks County and part of Montgomery County.

The GOP lawmaker is a former FBI agent who focused on counterterrorism under now-special counsel Robert Mueller, and has called for the president to stop his attacks on the agency.

A North Philadelphia native, Keith Leaphart’s influence now stretches to all parts of the city. He is a physician by trade, but currently serves as president and CEO of Replica Creative, a design and print firm in Center City that doubles as a coffee shop. He is also the protégé of billionaire media mogul and philanthropist H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, after being taken under Lenfest’s wing many years ago. He has served as board chairman of The Lenfest Foundation since 2013.

Aubrey Montgomery boasts an impressive résumé in political fundraising.

Montgomery has served as the fundraising director for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and for Allyson Schwartz’s gubernatorial campaign. Rittenhouse Political Partners was instrumental in preparing Philadelphia’s bid for the 2016 Democratic National Convention, raising millions in support of the bid. Montgomery was recruited in 2014 to the Represent PAC, which supports the political campaigns of progressive women in Pennsylvania.

U.S. Representative

Board Chairman The Lenfest Foundation

Founder Rittenhouse Political Partners

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DMGS congratulates our colleague

PATRICIA MACKAVAGE on being named to

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We congratulate our own Nilda Ruiz for being recognized as Ctity & State PA’s Power 100 for the second year in a row!

Nilda Ruiz

President & CEO Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha

Congratulations!

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Nilda Iris Ruiz is president and CEO of Philadelphia-based Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha, a nationally recognized Hispanic-focused health, human services and community development organization. Ruiz manages a $20 million budget, more than $25 million in real estate development projects and a staff of 140, impacting the lives of more than 40,000 people a year. Before joining APM in 2005, Ruiz had a leadership role with National Council of La Raza, the nation’s largest Latino nonprofit advocacy organization.

Mona Ghude, a partner with Drinker Biddle, serves as vice chair of the law firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice group. In that role, she is focused on advising public and private clients in a variety of industries on specialty issues, navigating the highly consequential and often complicated details of executive compensation. One measure of her expertise: virtually any conference on the subject is bound to feature an appearance by her.

The French-born Pierre Brondeau took over at FMC, the Philadelphiaheadquartered chemical manufacturer, in early 2010 and became chairman of the board later that year. The company moved into new digs in 2016, a reflective tower in Philadelphia’s University City that rises above its squat neighbors on 30th Street. Before joining FMC, Brondeau was no stranger to the chemical industry, boasting executive experience at both Dow Chemical and Rohm and Haas.

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A political consultant and public affairs strategist, Red Maverick Media co-founder Ray Zaborney focuses his efforts on getting Republican candidates into office. A favorite of lists such as the one you’re reading, Zaborney has been touted as a rising star in political consulting and Republican campaigning throughout his career.

Zaborney’s firm was the subject of a joint Inquirer-Post Gazette investigation last year on the subject of double-dipping, a practice that involves getting officials elected before lobbying them on special interests.

Bernardo Hees, a Brazilian-born economist, is CEO of The Kraft Heinz Co., headquartered in Pittsburgh, and had been with the H.J. Heinz company since 2013 before it merged with Kraft Foods Group. Prior to joining Heinz, he was CEO of Burger King. And before that, Hees was CEO of the largest railroad and logistics provider in Latin America. Hees studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, the University of Warwick in England and Harvard Business School.

Even though his recent retirement means the GOP lost one of its leading moderate voices in Congress, Charlie Dent, who represented the 15th Congressional District since 2005, will still make his voice heard in Pennsylvania and across the nation.

The now-former co-chairman of the Tuesday Group, a coalition of about 50 moderate Republicans, who made waves as a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, is reportedly the subject of a bidding war among cable news networks eager to host his opinion.

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City & State PA’s Power 100 honorees Independence Blue Cross is proud to celebrate our own Dan Hilferty as one of City & State PA’s 100 most powerful people in Pennsylvania.

We recognize his role among the many outstanding honorees helping to transform our Commonwealth — and we applaud their commitment and share their bold, innovative vision to improve the lives of the people of Pennsylvania and across the nation.

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