Brews & Views

Pa. House Majority Leader Dave Reed never dreamed as a child of going into politics. But watching his peers move out of state for better economic opportunities spurred him to make a difference through public service. In this conversation with Commonwealth Partners President & CEO Matt Brouillette at Noble Stein Brewery in Indiana, Pa., Rep. Reed talks about growing up in Homer City, his road to political leadership, and a very important lesson he learned at a young age from his father.

After tragically losing both parents at a young age, Bryan Cutler came to cherish the community that rallied around him. Now as Pa. House Majority Whip, Bryan works to rally diverse colleagues around sound public policy. He shares his upbringing and his path to leadership with Commonwealth Partners President & CEO Matt Brouillette.

When her father passed away unexpectedly, Christine Toretti became CEO of her family’s oil and gas drilling company. As a woman in a male-dominated industry, she helped blaze a trail for women executives—first in business, then in politics. Now as the Republican National Committeewoman for Pennsylvania, Christine continues to empower women for leadership in the public arena. She recently talked with Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matt Brouillette about her family and business background and her passion for engaging women in politics.

John Wetzel spends a lot of time in prison, but it’s by choice and for a good cause. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Corrections talks with Commonwealth Partners President & CEO Matt Brouillette about his upbringing, his professional rise to become the state’s top corrections official, and his passion for good policy regardless of which party label is attached to it.

From running the Pittsburgh office of one of the world’s largest law firms to running for governor of Pennsylvania, Laura Ellsworth talks with Commonwealth Partners President & CEO Matt Brouillette about what drives her commitment to service, why she believes in the benefits of public-private partnerships, and the one thing she says is holding Pennsylvania back from realizing its full potential.

He’s the only statewide elected official in the country to complete the Spartan race trifecta, and his watchdog work is no respecter of political parties. Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale talks with Commonwealth Partners President & CEO Matt Brouillette about growing up in Pittsburgh, his political career, and why he’s heading to Iceland this December.

From West Point to the Pa. governor’s race, Republican candidate Paul Mango tells Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matt Brouillette why he’s diving into the political fray and why a change in leadership in the governor’s office is needed to bring prosperity back to Pennsylvania.

From walking the halls of the Pennsylvania State Capitol to being confined to state prison, former lawmaker Mike Veon tells Commonwealth Partners president and CEO Matt Brouillette his story of rising through the ranks of the politically powerful, winding up in prison, and emerging to rebuild his career.