Tom Wolf was born on November 17, 1948 in York, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Mount Wolf, a small borough outside of York in central Pennsylvania, which was named after his ancestor, the town’s postmaster. Tom is the only child of Cornelia Rohlman and William “Bill” Wolf, a business executive. He was raised Methodist but is now associated with the Episcopal Church. Tom graduated from The Hill School, a boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1967. Tom left York County to attend college at Dartmouth. While he was a student at Dartmouth, Tom joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in India. He returned to Dartmouth to finish his undergraduate degree and received a Bachelor’s Degree in government, magna cum laude, in 1972. He also
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In 1985, Tom and his two cousins secured a loan to buy the family business. Over the course of twenty-five years, they grew the Wolf Organization, eventually more than quintupling the business in size, before selling the company in 2006. Tom became the secretary of revenue in Governor Ed Rendell’s cabinet, where he instituted reforms that grew and strengthened the state lottery and laid the foundation for millions of dollars in additional benefits for Pennsylvania’s seniors. He served from April 2007 until resigning in November 2008. Tom had planned to run for governor of Pennsylvania in the 2010 election but ultimately did not in order to repurchase the Wolf Organization, which was facing bankruptcy. He changed the Wolf Organization’s business model, transforming it from solely a supplier of other businesses’ products into company that sources its own American-made cabinets and competes directly with overseas manufacturers. He also provided his employees comprehensive health and retirement benefits and returned twenty to thirty percent of the company’s profits back to workers. Tom has always been involved in community development. In addition to serving on and leading the boards of many organizations dedicated to education, health, welfare, economic development, culture and the arts, Tom has helped build a Little League baseball field in his community, volunteered in soup kitchens and helped paint a local
In 1985, Tom and his two cousins secured a loan to buy the family business. Over the course of twenty-five years, they grew the Wolf Organization, eventually more than quintupling the business in size, before selling the company in 2006. Tom became the secretary of revenue in Governor Ed Rendell’s cabinet, where he instituted reforms that grew and strengthened the state lottery and laid the foundation for millions of dollars in additional benefits for Pennsylvania’s seniors. He served from April 2007 until resigning in November 2008. Tom had planned to run for governor of Pennsylvania in the 2010 election but ultimately did not in order to repurchase the Wolf Organization, which was facing bankruptcy. He changed the Wolf Organization’s business model, transforming it from solely a supplier of other businesses’ products into company that sources its own American-made cabinets and competes directly with overseas manufacturers. He also provided his employees comprehensive health and retirement benefits and returned twenty to thirty percent of the company’s profits back to workers. Tom has always been involved in community development. In addition to serving on and leading the boards of many organizations dedicated to education, health, welfare, economic development, culture and the arts, Tom has helped build a Little League baseball field in his community, volunteered in soup kitchens and helped paint a local