John Hanger
John Hanger (born 1957) is the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Planning and Policy, serving on the executive staff of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf.
John Hanger | |
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| Secretary of Planning and Policy of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 20, 2015 – February 26, 2016 | |
| Governor | Tom Wolf |
| Preceded by | Jennifer Branstetter |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Galbally |
| Secretary of Environmental Protection of Pennsylvania | |
| In office September 2008 – January 2011 | |
| Governor | Ed Rendell |
| Preceded by | Kathleen McGinty |
| Succeeded by | Michael Krancer |
| Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | |
| In office 1993 – June 1998 | |
| Governor | Bob Casey Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Aaron Wilson Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 30, 1957 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Duke University University of Pennsylvania |
Hanger has served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, a position he held between September 2008 and January 2011 under then-Governor Ed Rendell. He is also a former Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and Of Counsel at law firm Eckert Seamans. He was a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2014, before withdrawing from the primary. He is one of two Pennsylvanians who have served both as a Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection and as Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. (Clifford Jones served as the Chair of the Public Utility Commission and Secretary of the Department of Environmental Resources, the predecessor of DEP.)