John White

John White serves as a Managing Director, Chairman, and a member of the Board of Directors for the PFM Group, which is a leading provider of independent financial advisory services and asset management to public sector and not-for-profit clients across the US. He previously served PFM as its Chief Executive Officer for more than 30 years, until the conclusion of 2011. Prior to joining PFM in 1980, Mr. White held policy-making positions in various aspects of local, state and federal governments, including serving as director of the transition staff when Congressman William Green was elected Mayor of Philadelphia, and later as a transition advisor to Edward G. Rendell when he was elected Mayor of Philadelphia in 1991 and Governor of Pennsylvania in 2002. Mr. White was educated at The William Penn Charter School, where he currently serves as Treasurer of the Board of Overseers. He is a graduate of Muhlenberg College. In the past he has been a member of the Boards of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts as well as Chair of the Philadelphia Zoning Board.