Governor Edward G. Rendell

Edward G. Rendell, Pennsylvania’s 45th Governor, began a second term of office on January 16, 2007, following a landslide re-election victory.  As Governor, Rendell serves as chief executive of the nation’s 6th-most-populous state and oversees a $28.3 billion budget.

Governor Rendell’s unprecedented strategic investments have energized Pennsylvania’s economy, revitalized communities, improved education, protected the environment and expanded access to health care to all children and affordable prescription drugs for older adults.

Rendell served as the Chairman of the National Governor's Association from 2008-2009.  In 2000, Governor Rendell served as general chair of the Democratic National Committee during the Presidential election.  From 1992 through 1999, Governor Rendell served as the 121st Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. Before serving as Mayor of Philadelphia, Rendell was elected district attorney of the City for two terms from 1978 through 1985.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg

Michael R. Bloomberg is the 108th Mayor of the City of New York. Elected to office in 2001, in his first term, Mayor Bloomberg cut crime; created jobs; unleashed a boom of affordable housing; implemented ambitious public health strategies, including the successful ban on smoking in restaurants and bars; gained control of the nation’s largest school district; and improved the efficiency of government.  In 2005, he was re-elected by a diverse coalition of support.

In his second term, while balancing the budget and driving unemployment to a record low, Mayor Bloomberg has taken on a number of new challenges. He launched an innovative program to combat poverty. He’s undertaken a far-reaching campaign to fight global warming. And as co-founder of a bipartisan coalition of more than 200 mayors from every region of the country, he is working to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals and off city streets.

Michael Bloomberg began a small start-up company called Bloomberg LP in 1981. Today, Bloomberg LP has over 250,000 subscribers to its financial news and information service. Headquartered in New York City, the company has 9,500 employees in more than 130 cities worldwide.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Austrian-born immigrant, former Mr. Universe bodybuilder and movie star known around the world, gratefully serves the people of California as the state’s 38th governor. He is serving his second term after being first elected in California’s historic 2003 recall election. In his first term, Governor Schwarzenegger brought California back from the brink of bankruptcy, reinvigorated the economy, and created a better environment for business.

In his second term he made California a world leader on renewable energy and combating climate change with the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and became the first governor in decades to invest in rebuilding California’s critical infrastructure with his Strategic Growth Plan. Governor Schwarzenegger has also dedicated himself to promoting physical education and after-school programs, as well as committing his time, energy and personal finances to charitable organizations around the world.

Governor Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver have four children - Katherine, Christina, Patrick and Christopher.