Joe Torsella
Joe Torsella | |
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Torsella in 2018 | |
| 78th Treasurer of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 17, 2017 – January 19, 2021 | |
| Governor | Tom Wolf |
| Preceded by | Tim Reese |
| Succeeded by | Stacy Garrity |
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform | |
| In office April 26, 2011 – December 19, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Joseph Melrose (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Isobel Coleman |
| Secretary of Education of Pennsylvania | |
| In office August 13, 2008 – January 18, 2011 | |
| Governor | Ed Rendell |
| Preceded by | Karl Girton |
| Succeeded by | Larry Wittig |
| Chair and CEO of the National Constitution Center | |
| In office June 1, 2006 – January 1, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Rick Stengel |
| Succeeded by | Linda Johnson (acting) |
| In office January 29, 1997 – December 31, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Brasler |
| Succeeded by | Rick Stengel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8, 1963 Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Carolyn Short |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA) New College, Oxford |
Joseph M. Torsella (born October 8, 1963) is an American politician and former diplomat, who served as the Pennsylvania Treasurer from 2017 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Torsella was the U.S. Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform (with the rank of ambassador) from 2011 to 2014. He previously was President and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia from 1997 to 2003 and again from 2006 to 2008. He was the Chairman of the Pennsylvania State Board of Education from 2008 through 2011. Torsella was elected as Pennsylvania Treasurer in 2016, losing re-election in 2020 to Republican Stacy Garrity.