John Cressman:  

Life After graduating from high school in Bethlehem, PA in 1968, I left town never to return again. I still call Bethlehem the place I am from, but even all of my family lives elsewhere now. I hurried through my undergraduate program at Penn State in three years, graduating in 1971. I then spent the next 22 years in a career with one firm, The Prudential Insurance Co., but working in Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, Newark and suburban NJ before changing jobs and careers. Until 1993 I thought I would be like my parents generation and work one career and one employer for life. Well I am more like my son's generation will be now. I had the honor of being appointed Deputy Director of the Office of Administration of The White House in 1993 and then in 1996 Assistant CFO of the US Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). During my time in Washington, I was asked by several state insurance departments to consult with them during n...Expand for more