25 Facts About Michael Nutter

Michael Anthony Nutter was born on June 29,1957 and is an American politician who served as the 98th Mayor of Philadelphia.

Michael Nutter is a former member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 4th district and had served as the 52nd Ward Democratic Leader until 1990.

Mayor Nutter served as the President of the United States Conference of Mayors from June 2012 to June 2013.

Michael Nutter is a former member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Michael Nutter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in West Philadelphia.

Michael Nutter graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979 with a degree in business.

Michael Nutter's district included Wynnefield, Overbrook, Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls and parts of North Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, and Mount Airy.

In February 2003, Michael Nutter was elected chairman of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority Board at the urging of former Senator, Vincent Fumo.

In June 2002, Michael Nutter introduced a measure requiring college students under 23 years old to register their address, license plate, car registration and insurance with their school, which would then put a sticker on that car as a "student" car, subjecting the student to triple the usual fines for traffic or parking tickets or any other offense.

In September 2004, Michael Nutter introduced legislation creating an independent Ethics Board; in addition, he proposed changes to the city's Ethics Code to provide for routine training and education of all city officers and employees, the issuance of advisory opinions, the adjudication of violations, and the imposition of civil fines.

Michael Nutter supported having the City of Philadelphia declare a "Crime Emergency" in selected areas of Philadelphia.

Michael Nutter resigned from the city council in 2006 in order to focus on running for mayor the following year; he later resigned as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority Board in April 2007.

Michael Nutter announced that he would run for reelection on December 22,2010.

When Michael Nutter assumed office in 2008, he immediately started working to reform the Philadelphia Police Department.

In 2010, Mayor Michael Nutter commissioned a pilot project labeled "Public Service Areas" to supplement police response with a coordinated effort from other city agencies in areas of the city plagued with chronic issues of crime and disorder.

In October 2011, Mayor Michael Nutter joined forces with New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to create Cities United, an initiative committed to reducing African-American male on African-American male violence.

In 2009, Mayor Michael Nutter announced Greenworks, the city's plan to become the greenest city in America by 2015.

In 2012, Mayor Michael Nutter signed Bill No 120428 which amends the 'Energy Conservation' portion of the Philadelphia Code to require large commercial buildings to benchmark and report energy and water usage data to the city.

Michael Nutter implemented the city's first guaranteed energy-savings project at the city's four largest downtown office buildings.

In 2011, Michael Nutter began implementing nine energy-conservation measures in the city's largest downtown office buildings.

In 2008, Michael Nutter established the Mayor's Office of Education to work on the related goals of increasing the high school graduation rate to 80 percent by 2015 and raising the rate of Philadelphia residents with a college degree to 36 percent by 2018.

On September 11,2013, Michael Nutter launched the Philadelphia Education Supplies Fund, a new fundraising campaign to provide funds to schools within the city in order to purchase consumable supplemental classroom supplies, including workbooks, paper, pens, and pencils.

In June 2011, Michael Nutter signed the Education Accountability Agreement to formalize a request for improved Information sharing and coordination between the city, Commonwealth and the School District of Philadelphia.

In December 2008, Mayor Michael Nutter launched the City of Philadelphia's first 311 service.

Michael Nutter indicated that the change in policy supports public safety and will help rebuild the trust between police and the immigrant community.