In 1978 , Schwartz was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp ( a Democrat ) to the state 's Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Advisory Committee of the Governor ’s Justice Commission . He was reappointed by Governor Dick Thornburgh , a Republican , and served on the committee until 1989 . He served as Counsel to the Chair of the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Committee during the 1988 Democratic Presidential Convention . In 1989 , Scwhartz was appointed by the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House to be a Commissioner of the Independent Regulatory Review Commission , an oversight body that approves the issuance of regulations by public agencies in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . He served as a commissioner through 1994
1988 Democratic Presidential Convention
1988 Democratic National Convention
Mark D. Schwartz