Gerald "Jerry" Whitburn was born on 1945 and is a retired American businessman and government official.
11 Facts About Gerald Whitburn
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Gerald Whitburn served as Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations and later Secretary of Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services under Governor Tommy Thompson, and subsequently served as Secretary of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts for Governor Bill Weld.
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Gerald Whitburn is best known for his work implementing welfare-to-work programs in the 1990s.
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Gerald Whitburn subsequently worked on the Governor's staff in Madison and worked on his second re-election in 1968.
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Gerald Whitburn remained active in Wisconsin electoral politics, working on the unsuccessful 1978 gubernatorial campaign of Congressman Bob Kasten, and then joining Kasten's winning campaign for United States Senate in 1980.
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Gerald Whitburn was appointed to replace John Coughlin, whose term at the agency was derided by state officials of both parties.
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Less than two years later, Gerald Whitburn was appointed Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services.
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Gerald Whitburn was able to implement some welfare-to-work programs in Massachusetts, but became a controversial figure in Weld's administration.
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Gerald Whitburn resigned in June 1996 to accept a job at the Church Mutual Insurance Company in Merrill, Wisconsin.
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Gerald Whitburn later became chief executive officer and chairman of the Church Mutual Insurance Company and retired in 2009.
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In 2011, Gerald Whitburn was appointed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents by Governor Scott Walker.