What will the election on November 3 mean for America’s future and for us here in Adams County?
On Tuesday, November 10, just one week after the November 3 midterm election, Gettysburg Democracy for America, Blue Storm Action and the Adams County Democratic Committee are sponsoring a “Post-Election Community Forum” focused on examining election results and their potential consequences. What issues will be important going forward? How should local organizations respond? Where do we go from here?
The forum will begin at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 136 South Stratton Street in Gettysburg. Panelists include Edie Jardine, Bill Gilmartin and Matt Moon. Tom Deloe will serve as moderator. The public is encouraged to attend.
The program will begin with brief presentations by each of the panelists, followed by a question-and-answer session. Topics will include a detailed analysis of election results nationally, statewide and locally; a careful look at the makeup of the new U.S. House and Senate; and reflections by panelists and audience members on the way forward.
Edith L. (Edie) Jardine is a 25-year resident of Adams County with more than 40 years of executive-level health care industry experience in state government, as well as with nonprofit, private for-profit and Fortune 100 companies. She is currently CEO of JE2 LLC, consulting with innovative organizations on ways to achieve optimal access, quality and affordability in health care.
William J. Gilmartin is president of the Board of Commissioners of the Adams County Housing Authority. He retired to Pennsylvania in 2016 after 44 years in Washington in a variety of positions in and around the federal government. Nominated by President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he served as assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental relations at the Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1995. Previously, he had been legislative director for U.S. Rep. Bob Traxler of Michigan.
After serving as a lobbyist for colleges, local governments and nonprofit associations as vice president with Jefferson Government Relations from 1995 to 2006, Gilmartin concluded his career with eight years at the National Association of Realtors, representing the more than one-million-member organization on regulatory issues pending in the executive branch of the federal government.
Matthew Moon is president of the Gettysburg Borough Council, on which he has served for seven years. He is also vice chair of the Adams County Democratic Committee, where he has worked on many campaigns. An activist in social issues since his teen years, Moon believes strongly in using data to make the best efforts possible to create positive change in the community.
Tom DeLoe was born in south central Pennsylvania and received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Gettysburg College. Following service in the U.S. Army, he received a master’s degree from North Carolina State University and eventually a Ph.D. in public health policy from Penn State University. His career spanned 45 years in state and federal government service, first at the Pennsylvania Department of Health and then at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Most of that career was spent in health policy development, program development and health services research in HIV/AIDS, communicable diseases and substance abuse.
The Post-Election Forum is the third in a series of programs sponsored collaboratively by the three organizations this year.