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Honoring and Commending Pedro A. Ramos, Esquire.
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WHEREAS, Pedro A. Ramos received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, From 1995 to 2001, Pedro served on the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia and was the youngest person to be elected Vice President and President; and
WHEREAS, Pedro also served as one of the City's negotiators with the offices of Governors Ridge and Schweiker regarding school funding, and ultimately helped to forge a new state-city partnership structure and secured an increase in school funding; and
WHEREAS, From 2002 until 2004, Pedro served as Vice President and Chief of Staff to then University of Pennsylvania President Judith Rodin; and
WHEREAS, Pedro advised the President and was responsible, but not limited to; administrative oversight of independent university functions, liaison to the standing Trustee Committee on Neighborhood Initiatives, the ad hoc Committee of Diversity, the Social Investment Subcommittee of the Investment Committee, drove an effort to revamp Penn's housing assistance program, chaired the group of vice presidents charged with implementing the Presidents Neighborhood Initiatives and also chaired the Education Transition Team for Governor Ed Rendell; and
WHEREAS, Pedro joined Philadelphia City government as City Solicitor in 2004 and is credited with making significant improvements in the collection of delinquent taxes, with helping to resolve a labor dispute involving a high profile show visiting the City, and led the legal challenge to proposed SEPTA fare and service reductions in 2004; and
WHEREAS, In April 2005, Pedro was appointed Managing Director by Mayor John F. Street and as a hands-on manager, he directed City resources for numerous highly complex national and regional events including Live 8 benefit concert, supervised the City's emergency res...
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