Gov. Ridge Nominates Charles Zogby as Secretary of Education

Gov. Tom Ridge has nominated his policy director, Charles B. Zogby of Mechanicsburg, to be Secretary of Education, replacing Eugene W. Hickok, who will join the Bush Administration as Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, effective March 31, 2001.

“Charles has been with me for 12 years,” said Gov. Ridge. “As my policy director and one of my senior advisers, Charles has helped to develop and implement every one of my Administration’s accomplishments.”

Zogby was policy director for the 1994 Tom Ridge for Governor campaign committee. Prior to that campaign, he was legislative director in the Washington, D.C., office of then-Congressman Ridge. Zogby was director of the Nationalities Coalition for the Bush-Quayle ’88 Presidential campaign, and was national field coordinator for the Ethnic Voters Division of Reagan-Bush ’84. From 1985-1989, Zogby was assistant program director of the Arab-American Institute.

Zogby will serve as Acting Secretary, effective March 31, pending his Senate confirmation.