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On January 20, 2015, Tom Wolf was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s 47th governor. Gov. Wolf grew up in a small south central Pennsylvania town in York County and still lives in the house he was brought home to from the hospital. Gov. Wolf left York County to attend college at Dartmouth, but he interrupted his studies to join the Peace Corps and served two years in a small village in India before returning to finish his undergraduate degree. He later earned graduate degrees from the University of London and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While finishing his PhD, Gov. Wolf worked as a forklift operator and warehouse worker in the family business, the Wolf Organization, a distributor of lumber and other building products based in York, Pennsylvania. After graduating, his first full-time job was running a Tru-Value hardware store in Manchester, Pennsylvania. He later went on to buy his family business.
Tom and Frances, his wife of over 40 years, still live in York County and have two grown daughters, Sarah and Katie.
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REFORMING GOVERNMENT
Leading by Example
Governor Wolf refuses to take a state salary or pension. He also requires cabinet secretaries to post their expenses online each month.
SENIORS
Enhancing Quality of Care
Governor Wolf created a task force to enhance the quality of care for seniors in long-term living facilities.
OPIOID CRISIS
Improving Doctor Prescribing Guidelines
Governor Wolf has announced improved prescribing guidelines for the safe and effective use of opioids.
ENVIRONMENT
Banning Drilling in the Delaware River Basin
In September, Governor Wolf and the governors of Delaware and New York, comprising a majority of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), announced that they voted in favor of a resolution put forward by the commission to issue draft regulations to permanently ban hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas in the Delaware River Basin.
ENVIRONMENT
Enacting the Gas Drilling Moratorium
With one of his first actions in office, Governor Wolf enacted a gas drilling moratorium on Pennsylvania’s state parks. Governor Wolf knows we must stri
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Thomas Westerman Wolf (17 November 1948-) was the Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania from 20 January 2015 to 17 January 2023, succeeding Tom Corbett and preceding Josh Shapiro.
Biography[]
Thomas Westerman Wolf was born and raised in Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania, a descendant of the town's namesake and postmaster. He managed a True Value store owned by The Wolf Organization before buying The Wolf Organization in 1985, and he served on Governor Bob Casey Sr.'s economic development board. He sold his company to a private equity firm in 2006, after which he served as Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania from 2007 to 2008 under Governor Ed Rendell. He resigned in 2008 and repurchased The Wolf Organization, which was facing bankruptcy; he again resigend in 2013 to run for Governor, and he was elected with 54.9% of the vote. As Governor, Wolf restored a ban on fracking in state parks, placed a moratorium on the death penalty in Pennsylvania, fully expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, legalized medical marijuana in his state, and oversaw the state's response to COVID-19.
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