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david morehouse

david morehouse -lrb- born 1960 -rrb- is president and chief executive officer of pittsburgh penguins of the national hockey league .
he previously worked in politics as a member of the clinton administration , and on the presidential campaigns of al gore and john kerry .
morehouse grew up in the beechview neighborhood of pittsburgh .
he graduated from south hills catholic high school in 1978 .
he went to work as a boilermaker until a construction-site injury landed him in the hospital and changed his outlook and career path .
he enrolled at the community college of allegheny county , earned an associate degree in general studies , and attended duquesne university while working for the allegheny county register of wills office .
in 1992 , he volunteered to work on bill clinton 's presidential campaign .
morehouse first worked as a volunteer motorcade driver for the campaign and then was hired as a paid member of the advance team .
when clinton was elected president , morehouse became part of the inauguration committee .
he soon landed jobs in the legislative affairs department at the pentagon , and at the office of national drug control policy before joining the white house staff as president clinton 's deputy director of advance .
following clinton 's re-election in 1996 , morehouse left politics to work for d.a.r.e. drug abuse resistance education and then went back to school , earning a master 's degree harvard 's john f. kennedy school of government and earned a master of public administration degree .
presidential campaigns morehouse returned to the political world in 1999 when vice president al gore .
hired him as trip director and senior counselor for his presidential campaign .
on election night , it was morehouse who was tasked to physically stop gore from going on stage to concede at nashville 's war memorial .
gore 's republican opponent , george w. bush , was declared the winner following a recount and legal battle .
in 2003 , morehouse joined john kerry 's presidential campaign staff , first serving as communications director and eventually becoming senior advisor and traveling chief of staff .
it was only after kerry 's close election loss to the incumbent president bush that morehouse moved into the sports world .
sports management his hometown pittsburgh penguins hired morehouse as senior consultant in december 2004 .
he was assigned to help the team get a new arena deal and did the job so well that owners mario lemieux and ron burkle decided to add him to their executive management team .
morehouse was named president of penguins in 2007 and added the dual role of chief executive officer when the team 's new arena , new arena project , opened in 2010 .
morehouse reshaped the penguins ' image and strategic vision with an emphasis on branding , fan relations , youth marketing , community interaction , corporate outreach and innovative technology .
the penguins have sold out every game for seven-plus seasons and have led all u.s.-based nhl teams in local tv ratings for six straight seasons .
the team also is among the league leaders in social media engagement .
under morehouse , the penguins began having players personally deliver season tickets to fans ' homes and made a huge commitment to growing youth hockey .
personal life morehouse and his wife , vanessa , have four children and live in sewickley .
