Michael Nutter served as the 98th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. As mayor, he managed Philadelphia through the Great Recession, and the City's credit rating was upgraded to “A” by the three major credit agencies for the first time since the 1970s. He is also a past President of the United States Conference of Mayors, as well as the Pennsylvania Municipal League. During the Obama Administration, Mayor Nutter served on My Brother’s Keeper Advisory Council. Now, Mayor Nutter is a frequent political commentator for CNN and PBS Newshour, and is a Senior Fellow and national spokesperson for the What Works Cities program through Bloomberg Philanthropies. He is a life-long Philadelphian from West Philadelphia and holds a degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.