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Rod Pera

 

 

 

ROD J. PERA
Vice Chairman, Chair Audit Committee


Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mr. Pera attended Dickinson College where he received his BA degree in 1962 and the University of Pennsylvania Law School where in 1965 he received his LL.B. degree, Cum Laude.  Rod was the managing partner of the law firm of McNees, Wallace and Nurick, a 70 attorney firm in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  While in his home state, Rod was deeply involved with the Hershey Chocolate interests.  He served on the Board of Hershey Foods Corporation, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company and was Chairman of the Boards of the Hershey Trust Company and the Milton Hershey School.  He also served as President of the Milton Hershey School in 1992 and 1993.  Rod relocated to Santa Fe in 1994.

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