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Thomas J. Ridge J.D.

Chief Executive Officer and President, Ridge Global LLC

Age	Total Calculated Compensation	This person is connected to 29 Board Members in 29 different organizations across 35 different industries. See Board Relationships
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Hon. Thomas J. Ridge, Tom, J.D. serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Ridge Global LLC. Hon. Ridge leads a team of international experts that help businesses and governments address a range of needs throughout their organizations, including risk management, global trade security, emergency preparedness and response, strategic growth, infrastructure protection, technology integration, crisis management and other issues that encompass a diverse portfolio. ... Hon. Ridge serves as a Member of Advisory Board at US Investigations Services, LLC. He also serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Taasera, Inc., and help guide the security software makerthrough its upcoming launch and further align the startup's attack behavior discovery methodology with techniques used by DHS and other law enforcement agencies to identify potential criminals and suspected terrorists. Hon. Ridge serves as Homeland Security Advisor in the history of the United States of America as Secretary. He was responsible to develop and coordinate a comprehensive national strategy to strengthen protections against terrorist threats or attacks in the United States. He served as the first Assistant to the President for Homeland Security since January 24, 2003 and served as its the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security until February 1, 2005. Before September 11, 2001, Hon. Ridge was the 43rd Governor for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, where he was first elected in 1995 and re-elected in 1999. He was also a five-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, starting in 1982. His aggressive technology strategy helped fuel the state's advances in the priority areas of economic development, education, health, and the environment. He has been the Chairman and a Trustee of State Science & Technology Institute since August 2012. He has been Chairman of Advisory Board at Taasera, Inc. since January 2013. Hon. Ridge serves as a Member of Advisory Board at BelHealth Investment Partners, LLC and RedShift Ventures. He also serves as a Member of Government Advisory Board at Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. He has been a Member of Technical Advisory Board at Powerwave Technologies Inc. since October 2009. He serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors at Halfaker & Associates, LLC and TechRadium, Inc. He has been a Director of Chart Acquisition Corp. since June 22, 2011, Exelon Corporation since May 2, 2005, The Hershey Company since November 11, 2007 and Savi Technology, Inc. since April 5, 2005. Hon. Ridge serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Chart Venture Partners, Pace Global Energy Services, LLC, The Chart Group, L.P., Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, Camber Corporation and Secure Symbology, Inc. He has been a Member of the Advisory Board at PURE Bioscience, Inc. since September 2009 and Mutualink, Inc. since May 17, 2012. Hon. Ridge serves as a Trustee of Institute For Defense Analyses, Inc. He serves as Member of Advisory Board of Carbon Motors Corporation. He has been a Director of Geospatial Holdings, Inc. since March 2, 2010. He has been a Director at LifeLock, Inc. since March 2010, Cernium Corporation since July 2008 and PECO Energy Company July 23, 2007. He serves as a Director of Eid Passport, Inc. and Ethoca Technologies, Inc. He served as a Director of Brightpoint Inc. from September 2009 to October 15, 2012. Hon. Ridge served as a Director of The Home Depot, Inc. from February 24, 2005 to May 24, 2007 and Vonage Holdings Corporation from August 2005 to June 3, 2010. He served as a Director of Sungjee Construction Co., Ltd. and Exelon Generation Company, LLC. He served as a Member of Advisory Board at Abraxas Corporation since March 27, 2007. He served as a Director of Iridium Communications Inc. since June 2006. He served as a Member of Advisory Board at ClearPath, Inc. since October 20, 2011. He served as a Member of Advisory Board of Civitas Group, LLC, he cut taxes every year he was in office. He created industry-led Greenhouse initiatives in advanced computing technologies and the life sciences. He was in private practice in Law as an Assistant District Attorney in Erie County. Hon. Ridge served the United States Army as an infantry staff Sergeant in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for Valor. He is a dynamic speaker and regularly addresses audiences throughout the world on issues, such as security, terrorism, global engagement, leadership, technology and more. He has received numerous honors, including the Woodrow Wilson Award, the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Dwight D. Eisenhower Award, the John F. Kennedy National Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the American Bar Association’s John Marshall Award, the National Guard’s Harry S. Truman Award, the Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation’s Conservationist of the Year Award, U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce’s Good Neighbor Award, the American Cancer Society’s prestigious National Medal of Honor, the Mister Rogers Award, the Champion of Public Television Award, the Intrepid Freedom Award, and the Esperanza Leadership Award. He won passage of ‘Growing Greener’, to make Pennsylvania's largest environmental investment ever, nearly $650 million. Hon. Ridge holds a J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law and a B.A. degree, with honors, from Harvard in 1967.

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