Gregory Thall - Secretary of the Budget

Gregory Thall has spent more than a dozen years in various capacities working on behalf of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, most recently as Special Advisor to the Budget Secretary, where he has served since December 2016.

Prior to his work in the Office of the Budget, he served as Deputy General Counsel in the Governor's Office of General Counsel and was Senior Transition Advisor to the Wolf Transition Team.  He also held the position of Deputy Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus, under the Chairmanship of Senator Vincent Hughes.

Earlier in his career, Thall was the Assistant Director of Government Relations for the Pennsylvania State Education Association.

Thall earned his Juris Doctor from the Villanova University School of Law in Villanova, PA and a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY.  He graduated from Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia.

He is also a PSIA level III ski instructor and enjoys spending time outdoors with his family and their dogs. 

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