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Senate Unanimously Confirms Michael Krancer As DEP Secretary
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The Senate this week unanimously confirmed Michael Krancer, 53 of Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, to be the fifth Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection since 1995. Secretary Krancer served as a Judge on the Environmental Hearing Board, which is a statewide trial and appellate court for environmental cases. He was nominated to serve on the EHB by Gov. Tom Ridge in 1999, and in 2003 was named by Gov. Rendell as Chief Judge and Chairman of the EHB.
Krancer stepped down from the EHB in April 2007 to devote full time to his campaign for Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was then Assistant General Counsel for the Exelon Corporation from June 2008 through October 2009.
Judge Krancer returned as a Judge on the EHB in 2009 after being nominated by Governor Rendell to continue his service.
Prior to becoming a judge, Krancer was a litigation partner at the Dilworth Paxson and Blank Rome firms in Philadelphia.
When nominating Secretary Krancer in January, Gov. Tom Corbett said, “Judge Krancer has been nominated to the Environmental Hearing Board by governors of both parties and has a reputation of being fair, practical, speedy and intellectual. He has also worked with both parties in both houses of the legislature and will be a great asset to the Corbett/Cawley administration.”
Krancer received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and his J.D. from the Washington and Lee School of Law where he was first in his class.
Krancer and his wife, Barbara, have been married for 17 years and have four children.
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