David Thornburgh

David Thornburgh (born 1958) is Executive Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government and a frequent commentator on regional development and civic affairs. He has been recognized by Leadership Philadelphia as one of the most trusted and respected civic "connectors" in the Philadelphia area.^[1] He is the son of former Pennsylvania governor and U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh.

Thornburgh graduated from Haverford College in Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Political Science. He later attended Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government where he received a Masters in Public Policy (MPP) degree.^[1]

Thornburgh went on to become the Director of Civic Affairs at the CIGNA Corporation in Philadelphia.^[1] In 1988 Thornburgh was appointed as Director of the Wharton Small Business Development Center, the consulting and training arm of the Wharton School's top-ranked Entrepreneurial Center, where he helped 20,000 entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses, raise $40 million in additional capital, and in the process create 4,000 new jobs in the region.^[1] In 1994, he left the SBDC to become the Executive Director of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, one of the nation's oldes and most respected private sector-led regional "think and do" tanks.^[2] Following his time at the Economy League, in 2006, Thornburgh was named President and CEO of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship, a best-practice network of public and private leaders building competitive regions.^[3] In 2007 and 2008 he also served as a Senior Advisor to the Econsult Corporation, a Philadelphia-based economic consulting firm.

Thornburgh has received numerous awards including an Eisenhower Fellowship in 2000 and was a finalist for the White House Fellowship in 1992. In 1991 he was chosen by the "Philadelphia Business Journal" as one of '40 Business Leaders Under 40'.^[2] He and his wife Rebecca McKillip Thornburgh, a Wharton-MBA-turned-children's book author, have lived with their two teenage daughters in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia since 1995. Lifelong musicians, Rebecca and David perform in an alt-country band called Reckless Amateurs that appears regularly in the Philadelphia area.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} [1], University of Pennsylvania, Aug 05, 2008
2. ^ ^{a b} [2], Purdue Conference, Jan 22, 2006
3. ^ [3], Alliance for Regional Stewardship, Jan 22,2008

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