John Estey

Who is John Estey?

John H. Estey is an attorney who served as Chief of Staff to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 until 2007. He is currently serving as Interim President of the Milton Hershey School and as Executive Vice President - Administration at Hershey Trust Company, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Before joining Hershey Trust Company, Estey was a partner at Ballard Spahr LLP in Philadelphia, where he was a Co-Chair of the Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs Group. He has served as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Delaware River Port Authority and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. He serves as Chairman of Board of Directors of the Independence Visitor Center in Philadelphia, and is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Gettysburg Foundation and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation.

He was named to the Pennsylvania Report "PA Report 100" list of politically influential personalities in 2003.

He was named to the PoliticsPA "Power 50" list. In 2010, Politics Magazine named him one of the "Top 10 Democrats" in Pennsylvania.