Mayor Steve Reed will speak on the "Further Rise of Education and Economic Development in Harrisburg." Stephen R. Reed was elected Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Harrisburg at the age of 32, taking office in 1982 and reelected six times since. In the past five reelection bids he was the unprecedented nominee of both political parties. He is the longest serving mayor in Harrisburg history and is currently the longest-tenured mayor for all the Pennsylvania's cities. Prior to taking the helm of government in Pennsylvania’s Capital City, he served three terms as a member of the state’s House of representatives (1974-1980) and also served as a Dauphin Country Commissioner (1980-1981). He was the youngest legislator and youngest commissioner ever elected in Dauphin County and the second youngest Mayor in City history. He was born August 9, 1949, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He is a 1967 graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg and he attended historic Dickinson College in Carlisle.