Learn about the mission of The Dick Thornburgh Forum at a glance.
What's Happening
Save the Date!
February 25, 2019. Charles Dent, former U.S. Representative for Pa's 15th Congressional District....Learn more >
February 25, 2019. Charles Dent, former U.S. Representative for Pa's 15th Congressional District....Learn more >
In remembrance of former President George H.W. Bush
Governor Thornburgh welcoming then-candidate Bush to the Governor's Home during the 1980 presidential campaign....Learn more >
Governor Thornburgh welcoming then-candidate Bush to the Governor's Home during the 1980 presidential campaign....Learn more >
Separation of Powers: Who should decide what the law means?
January 8, 2019. The Honorable D. Michael Fisher, Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit (Judge Fisher has served in all three branches of Government), Distinguished Jurist in Residence, PittLaw....Learn more >
January 8, 2019. The Honorable D. Michael Fisher, Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit (Judge Fisher has served in all three branches of Government), Distinguished Jurist in Residence, PittLaw....Learn more >
From Space to Village: How Satellites and Mapping Tools Can Help End International Poverty
November 8, 2018.Carrie Stokes, Chief Geographer and Director of the GeoCenter U.S. Agency for International Development Washington, DC....Learn more >
November 8, 2018.Carrie Stokes, Chief Geographer and Director of the GeoCenter U.S. Agency for International Development Washington, DC....Learn more >
The Dick Thornburgh Forum Disabilty Service Award
Applications are now being accepted for this annual $4000 award!...Learn more >
Applications are now being accepted for this annual $4000 award!...Learn more >
Canine Partners for Life: How Service Dogs Unleash Abilities
October 30, 2018. Kathleen Smith Bell, Volunteer for Canine Partner's for Life and the SCI-Somerset Prison Puppy Program....Learn more >
October 30, 2018. Kathleen Smith Bell, Volunteer for Canine Partner's for Life and the SCI-Somerset Prison Puppy Program....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
