David Morehouse

Who is David Morehouse?

David Morehouse is a former political official and past President and Chief Executive Officer of Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.

Morehouse grew up in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh. He graduated from South Catholic High School in 1978. After high school, Morehouse worked as a boilermaker in a local steel mill until an injury forced him to quit that line of work. At 24 years old, he enrolled at the Community College of Allegheny County, earning an associate degree in general studies in three years. After graduating from CCAC, he enrolled at Duquesne University. While studying at Duquesne, Morehouse worked for Jay Costa who was the Allegheny County Register of Wills, and became a state senator in 1996.

In 1992, Morehouse worked on the presidential campaign for Bill Clinton. He earned a job with the Clinton administration as Director of Strategy in the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He also served as Deputy Director of Drug Abuse Resistance Education. After these positions, Morehouse attended Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and earned a Master of Public Administration degree.