Learn about the mission of The Dick Thornburgh Forum at a glance.
What's Happening
A Decade of Drones in America
March 20, 2018. Ryan Calo, Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Law, faculty co-director of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab, a unique, interdisciplinary research unit that...Learn more >
March 20, 2018. Ryan Calo, Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Law, faculty co-director of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab, a unique, interdisciplinary research unit that...Learn more >
Cultural trends shaping iGen: Individualism, Insecurity, Internet, and In No Hurry to Grow Up
March, 16, 2018. Jean Twenge, PhD, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and author of more than 140 scientific publications and 6 books, including IGen, The Narcissism Epidemic, and Generation Me....Learn more >
March, 16, 2018. Jean Twenge, PhD, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and author of more than 140 scientific publications and 6 books, including IGen, The Narcissism Epidemic, and Generation Me....Learn more >
The Dick Thornburgh Forum Disability Service Award
Congratulations to Jonathan Duvall!...Learn more >
Congratulations to Jonathan Duvall!...Learn more >
Assistive Technology is a Form of Advocacy
October 18, 2017. Rory Cooper, Founding Director and VA Senior Research Career Scientist of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh....Learn more >
October 18, 2017. Rory Cooper, Founding Director and VA Senior Research Career Scientist of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh....Learn more >
NEW! The Dick Thornburgh Disability Service Award
This award is available each year to a University of Pittsburgh student from any campus whose service has made a difference in the lives of children and adults with disabilities....Learn more >
This award is available each year to a University of Pittsburgh student from any campus whose service has made a difference in the lives of children and adults with disabilities....Learn more >
"On the Field or in the Stands: Civic Engagement in a Cynical Time"
Sept. 11, 2017. Christine Todd Whitman, President of the Whitman Strategy Group and former Governor of New Jersey....Learn more >
Sept. 11, 2017. Christine Todd Whitman, President of the Whitman Strategy Group and former Governor of New Jersey....Learn more >
Advisory Committee member features
Mr. David H. Ehrenwerth is a co-chair of the Thornburgh Forum Advisory Committee along with Mr. Sam Zacharias.
David H. Ehrenwerth
Partner/K&L Gates-Pittsburgh Office
By Presidential appointment, Mr. Ehrenwerth served from 2010 to 2012 as Associate Commissioner of the United States Public Buildings Service and previously as Regional Administrator of the General Services Administration. View Profile
Sam Zacharias is a co-chair of the Thornburgh Forum for
Law and Public Policy. Sam is the co-founder and principal of Gateway
Financial Group, Inc., which is located in Pittsburgh. View Profile
Message from the Director
The Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy supports a wide variety of programs that reflect the aspirations for public service of Governor Thornburgh in an extraordinary life of leadership. It is not an instrument of a single administrative unit but a versatile association of programs anchored throughout the campus. Among its goals are to promote able and principled governance at all levels, to advance the rule of law at home and abroad, and to assist the government’s response to the special needs of persons with disabilities, many of them wounded in service to our country. Read More
