Meet Mike
Representative Michael F. Gerber, 39, was born and raised in Montgomery County. Mike just began his fourth term in the state legislature and is most known for leading the House efforts to enact a statewide smoking ban and the state’s first-ever alternative fuels bill.
For a third consecutive term, Mike is serving as a Deputy Whip and has been elected by his peers Chairman of the Southeast Delegation in the Democratic Caucus. Having served four years as Chairman of both the Public Transportation Subcommittee and the Energy Subcommittee, Mike is now a member of the Democratic Policy Committee.
Additionally, Mike is one of eleven members of the Board of Trustees of the State Employees’ Retirement System, the state’s $25 billion retirement fund.
Politically, Mike carries responsibilities at the national level, serving as Treasurer of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national political organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that supports state legislative campaign committees across the country. During the past three election cycles Mike helped run the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, coordinating races in southeastern Pennsylvania in 2006, serving as HDCC's Vice-Chairman in 07-08 and then as its Chairman in 09-10.
Mike is Of Counsel at the Philadelphia law firm of Drinker Biddle. Mike comes to public service having established a strong legal career. Mike was recognized as one of the top 35 lawyers under the age of 40 in Pennsylvania by American Lawyer Media and as a “Rising Star" by Philadelphia Magazine’s Pennsylvania Super Lawyers publication. Mike previously served as as legal counsel to Governor Ed Rendell’s transition team and as a law clerk for Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Mike’s District is located in the Philadelphia suburbs and includes the Montgomery County municipalities of Conshohocken, Lower Merion, Narberth, Plymouth, Upper Dublin, Whitemarsh, and Whitpain.
Mike is a local product, having graduated from Germantown Academy and the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Dean’s List student and a defensive back on an Ivy League championship football team. Mike then graduated from Villanova University School of Law, cum laude, where he received a scholarship award for his contributions to community legal services.
Mike, his wife Jessica, and their three children live in Whitpain Township.