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SW: *Director, Hershey <ref>[http://www.thehersheycompany.com/about/directors.asp Directors], Hershey, accessed May 27, 2009.</ref>
[[Image:Tom Ridge copy.png|right|Tom Ridge]] '''Thomas J. Ridge''' (Tom Ridge) was the first Secretary of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS). He headed DHS from January 2003 to February 2005. After leaving the post, he formed a Washington, DC consulting firm, [[Ridge Global]]. <ref>"[http://www.ridgeglobal.com/company_overview/our_people/gov_ridge_bio/index.asp The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge]," Ridge Global website, accessed June 2008.</ref>
He "is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ridge Global, LLC, Washington, D.C., a global strategic consulting company. He has held that position since July 2006. From April 2005 to July 2006, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Thomas Ridge]] LLC. From October 2001 to February 2005, Mr. Ridge was Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Prior to his service as Secretary of Homeland Security, he was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001. He is a director of [[Exelon]] Corporation and [[Vonage]]. A Hershey director since 2007, he is a member of the Governance Committee." <ref>[http://www.thehersheycompany.com/about/directors.asp Directors], Hershey, accessed May 27, 2009.</ref>
*Director, [[Hershey]] <ref>[http://www.thehersheycompany.com/about/directors.asp Directors], Hershey, accessed May 27, 2009.</ref>
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