George Savarese

Savarese studied at the private catholic Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. There, he earned his Bachelor's degree in English, history, and political science in 1988, a Master's degree in history in 1991, and a Master's degree in education in 1996.[1] Savarese also studied at Cambridge University.

George Savarese worked as a radio journalist for over 30 years. He served as the host of the "Global Press Conference," on KQV radio for 10 years and also worked as News Director of WDUQ in Pittsburgh.. Savarese has also worked as a correspondent for AP Radio and National Public Radio. He covered Pittsburgh sports as a correspondent for CBS-Radio and the NFL Radio Network on Sirius XM Radio. In his career, he interviewed Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Ron Francis, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken, Albert Pujols, Derek Jeter, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Troy Polamalu, Heath Miller, and Sidney Crosby.

Since 1997, George Savarese has been a teacher at Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Mt. Lebanon, Savarese taught at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for International Studies and was Education Director of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh where he launched the International Affairs Apprenticeship with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.

As the school's former Forensics Coach, Savarese guided his students to ten consecutive Pittsburgh District titles and the 2006 State Championship. In his tenure as Director of Speech & Debate, he also coached 27 Mt. Lebanon students to individual State Championships, including four Extemporaneous champions.[3] Five of his students were National Finalists at NFL Nationals, all finishing as runners-up in their National Championship events. Savarese also created Mt. Lebanon's Model United Nations (MUN) team in 1997 along with his colleague and friend Peter DiNardo. Savarese continues to coach the Mt. Lebanon MUN team, along with his colleague, history teacher Adam Lumish. MUN at Mt. Lebanon has consistently been ranked among the premier programs in the country.

For his work at the high school, Savarese was named a Teacher of Excellence by the Teacher Excellence Center,[4] and was honored for his dedication to teaching global issues by the organization Global Links .

In 2018, Savarese was one of six Pittsburgh Teachers of Excellence (out of 3000 nominees), who were each awarded a $2500 educational grant by the Teacher Excellence Center in the state of Pennsylvania.[5]

He has also been chosen as one of ten Pennsylvania teachers to travel to EU and NATO headquarters in Brussels as part of a European Union program.

Savarese is married and has two children, Sophia and Giorgio, with his wife Tyra. The couple resides in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.