Professional Bio

Michael Ruger is vice president of local government affairs policy and operations at Comcast's headquarters in Philadelphia. A Penn State graduate (B.A. in political science/B.A. in psychology, 1985), he earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and has worked for the Federal Communications Commission, the law firm of Baker & Hostetler, and as a consultant. Elected to the Hopewell Township Committee in 2017, Ruger has served as mayor and deputy mayor. He chairs the Political Science Department Board of Visitors at Penn State and the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Mercer County, New Jersey, and received a Heartland Regional Emmy Award in 2007.