Glenn E. Moyer 
Secretary of Banking

Secretary of Banking

Glenn E. Moyer was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett on April 1, 2011, and confirmed as Secretary of Banking by unanimous vote of the Pennsylvania Senate on May 3, 2011.  Secretary Moyer provides overall leadership to the Pennsylvania Department of Banking, which ensures the safety and soundness of depository institutions, protects the public from financial abuse, and proactively fosters a strong economy for all Pennsylvanians.  The department supervises more than 225 Pennsylvania state-chartered banks, thrifts, credit unions and trust companies, and licenses more than 14,000 non-depository financial services companies that provide a variety of consumer loans and financial services.

Additionally, as Secretary, Moyer serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency.  He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers; the Commonwealth Financing Authority; the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority; the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority; the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, of which he is also Board Secretary; and as a member of the Pennsylvania Community Development Bank Operational Committee.

Moyer was born and raised in Pennsylvania.  He is a graduate of Penn State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education.  He also earned master’s degrees in education from Eastern New Mexico University and business administration from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.  Following graduation from college, he served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico.

Upon his return to Pennsylvania, Moyer joined the American Bank and Trust Co. of PA, Reading, which later became Meridian Bank, Reading.  Subsequently, he served as president and CEO of The Elverson National Bank and National Penn Bank and its holding company, National Penn Bancshares, Inc., Boyertown.  Prior to his recent retirement from National Penn, he served as special advisor to his successor.

Among his professional and community activities, Moyer has served as a director of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association; trustee to the Oley Valley Community Education Foundation; chair of the United Way of Berks County board of directors; director and chair of the Berks Economic Partnership; chairperson of the Penn State Berks Campus Advisory Board; chairperson of the Berks County March of Dimes Walkathon; and board chair of the Berks Community Health Center.  He currently serves as a trustee to The Wyomissing Foundation and as Secretary/Treasurer of the Schwarzwald Lutheran Church Endowment Fund.

Moyer and his wife, Jane, reside in Oley Township, Berks County, and have two married children and a grandchild.