Joe Torsella
| Joe Torsella | |
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| 38th Treasurer of Pennsylvania | |
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Assumed office January 17, 2017 |
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| Governor | Tom Wolf |
| Preceded by | Tim Reese |
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform | |
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In office April 26, 2011 – December 19, 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Joseph Melrose (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Isobel Coleman |
| Secretary of Education of Pennsylvania | |
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In office August 13, 2008 – January 18, 2011 |
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| Governor | Ed Rendell |
| Preceded by | Karl Girton |
| Succeeded by | Larry Wittig |
| Chair and Chief Executive of the National Constitution Center | |
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In office June 1, 2006 – January 1, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Rick Stengel |
| Succeeded by | Linda Johnson (Acting) |
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In office January 29, 1997 – December 31, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Brasler |
| Succeeded by | Rick Stengel |
| Deputy Mayor of Philadelphia for Policy and Planning | |
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In office January 6, 1992 – September 30, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Justin Moorhead |
| Succeeded by | Greg Rost |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 8, 1963 Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn |
| Children | 4 |
| Education |
University of Pennsylvania (BA) New College, Oxford |
Joseph M. "Joe" Torsella (born October 8, 1963) is the State Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Torsella was elected on November 8, 2016 to be the next Treasurer of Pennsylvania. He has served as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform (with the rank of ambassador) from 2011 to 2014. He previously served as President and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia from 1997 though 2003 and again from 2006 through 2008 and as the Chairman of the Pennsylvania State Board of Education from 2008 through 2011.
Torsella is a graduate of Wyoming Seminary high school in Kingston, Pennsylvania and an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Phi Beta Kappa, 1986, with a degree in economics and history. As a Rhodes Scholar (1986–1990), he did graduate work in American History at New College, Oxford. His wife, Carolyn Short Torsella, is a trial lawyer and partner at Reed Smith LLP. They live with their four children in Flourtown, Pennsylvania.
Torsella served as Philadelphia's Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning for Mayor Ed Rendell (later Governor of Pennsylvania) from January 1992 to September 1993. He was not yet 30. Under Rendell, Torsella developed and implemented financial and labor reforms that led the city toward a fiscal rebound that the New York Times called "one of the most stunning turnarounds in recent urban history". The municipal renaissance was chronicled in journalist Buzz Bissinger's book A Prayer for the City, in which Torsella describes the Rendell administration's philosophy as "taking control of the government and restructuring it for effectiveness".
In 1988, the United States Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed the Constitution Heritage Act calling for the creation of a National Constitution Center to "disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a non-partisan basis in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people". The non-profit museum and education center was to be located in Philadelphia. But for almost a decade the project languished, financially troubled and inadequately focused.
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