Governor Christine Todd Whitman

GPTKB entity

Properties (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:American_Enterprise_Institute
gptkb:The_Aspen_Institute
gptkb:The_Council_on_Foreign_Relations
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:National_Governors_Association
gptkbp:attendance January 2001
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_Rutgers_University
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_New_Jersey
Honorary_Doctorate_from_Monmouth_University
gptkbp:birthDate September 26, 1946
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Morris_Township,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:education B.A._from_Wheaton_College
gptkbp:hasOccupation Governor
gptkbp:hasPoliticalParty gptkb:Republican_Party
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Governor Christine Todd Whitman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:George_H.W._Bush
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkbp:knownFor Education reform
Environmental policy
Tax reform
gptkbp:notableEvent First female governor of New Jersey
gptkbp:notableQuote "Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence."
"I believe in the power of government to do good."
"The environment is not a partisan issue."
"We can do better for our children."
"We need to be more than just a party of no."
gptkbp:politicalPosition Conservatism
Moderate_Republicanism
Administrator_of_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency
gptkbp:politicalRole 1980s
2003
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Jim_Florio
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Morris_County,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:retired June 27, 2003
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:John_Whitman
gptkbp:successor Donald DiFrancesco
gptkbp:termEnd January 31, 2001
gptkbp:termStart January 19, 1994
gptkbp:website www.whitmanstrategies.com