>> I, I have a lot to thank of
my experience at Penn State.
I was the President of Black Caucus during
my parts of my sophomore and junior year,
and President of the Undergraduate
Student Government,
I think goes by a new name
now, at University Park.
Representing all the students, and the
undergrad students, at University Park.
And that prepared me in a lot of ways to deal
with the pressure of being in the public eye.
I was always on television.
I was always in the Daily Collegian.
Everybody, I was recognizable
everywhere I went in State College.
In many ways that prepared me for being in
the public, in the lime light, you know.
How to deal with those stresses of
everywhere you go people knowing who you are,
because there's a lot of good
things that come with that,
and a lot of negatives that
come with that, as well.
So that prepared me.
I think, I was a Political Science
major and a Black Studies minor,
and through my leadership positions as a
student, I think it was like a personification
of what I was learning in the textbooks,
and I think that prepared me tremendously.
Well, I went to Penn State,
and I graduated, 1989.
I was unfortunate enough to be
accepted to become a student
at the Georgetown University Law Center,
so I went to Law School in Georgetown.
I was selected to be a Public
Interest Law Scholar.
And I had a wonderful educational opportunity
at Georgetown and tried to make the most of it.
I graduated there in May of 1992.
And I'd been offered a job to become
the Assistant District Attorney here
in Philadelphia.
I began here September the 8th of
1992, and it was a great experience.
And I was here for ten and half years,
trying cases, rising through the ranks.
After being here about six and half years,
I was asked to be the Assistant Chief
of Municipal Court Unit, so to
supervise the 30 youngest lawyers.
Two years later, I was asked to create
a unit called the Repeat Offenders Unit,
to deal with the phenomenon that
five percent of the defendants
in Philadelphia commit 60 percent of the crimes.
And to supervise the DAs that were targeting the
most habitual adult defendants and I did that.
Along the way, I was teaching at Penn
State Ogontz, now it's Penn State Abington.
I n-- I rejoined the Army.
I became a, a member of the
Judge Advocate General's Corps
of the United States Army
Reserves and I, I'm a Major now.
And it's been a great ride.
I worked for two years at a private
law firm, I left the DA's office.
I was appointed by-- I ran for District
Attorney in 2005, and I lost to the incumbent.
I was, shortly after that, I was
appointed Inspector General of the City
of Philadelphia, which was a great job.
It was my job to investigate
all allegations of corruption
and fraud and waste in city government.
And then an-- I went back to another
law firm, worked there for two years.
And then I ran for DA again in 2009.
And I won the primary, with
about 42 percent of the vote.
And then in the general election
I got 75 percent of the vote.
>> Wow.
>> And became the District Attorney, and
I was sworn in January the 4th, 2010.