George J. White, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- CIO
- Employer
- Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
- Location
- Harrisburg
- First job:
- "Part-time file clerk while working my way through college."
- Most valuable career advice:
- "Pay attention to the details."
- Best mentoring relationship:
- "An employee recently left to take a significant promotion. He wrote me a great note thanking me for everything he learned from me, including being a good personal role model for him as someone who had just gotten married. That meant a lot to me."
- In whom do you confide when weighing professional decisions?
- "My wife, Patty."
- Passion outside of work:
- Music
- Your recreational best:
- "Running a half-marathon."
- Favorite sport:
- Football
- What's in your MP3 player?
- Jimmy Buffett
- Twenty years ago, I was ...
- "an internal management consultant working in the governor's office."
- What about you would surprise the people you work with?
- "I made money in high school and then college by playing in a rock band in bars and clubs."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "People will do the right things, and they won't disappoint you if you put them into a position where they have every chance to be successful."