--- title: Tom Ridge | TIME description: Tom Ridge, founder and Chairman of Ridge Global, served as the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania and was the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. canonical: https://time.com/author/tom-ridge/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/tom-ridge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Tom Ridge ## Tom Ridge _Tom Ridge, founder and Chairman of Ridge Global, served as the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania and was the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security._ ## Tom Ridge *  Dec 13, 2016 ### [Tom Ridge and Joseph Lieberman: How Donald Trump Can Protect America from Bioterrorism](https://time.com/4598145/donald-trump-biological-terrorism/) The United States needs better plans for stopping and responding to attacks [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 16, 2016 ### [Tom Ridge: Americans Need to 'Dial Down' the Hyperbole on Terrorism](https://time.com/4497615/tom-ridge-terrorism-hyperbole/) It's making us fear going into the world and doing what makes the country great [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 8, 2016 ### [Civility in Politics Matters More Than Ever](https://time.com/4285623/civility-in-politics/) 'One need not demonize their opposition in order to effectively govern' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 11, 2015 ### [Retreating From Global Leadership Puts America at Risk](https://time.com/4108218/americas-role-in-the-world/) America’s role in the world is not up for debate [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/tom-ridge/","name":"Tom Ridge"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/tom-ridge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/tom-ridge/"},"name":"Tom Ridge","jobTitle":null,"description":"Tom Ridge, founder and Chairman of Ridge Global, served as the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania and was the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.","url":"https://time.com/author/tom-ridge/","sameAs":["https://x.com/RidgeGlobal"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```