Media career

George Savarese served as the longtime host of the [World Affairs Council]]'s "Global Press Conference," on KQV

KQV

KQV is a radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station, which is the only broadcast station owned by Calvary, Inc., broadcasts at 1410 kHz, with 5000 watts of power day and night. KQV's call letters reportedly stand for King of the Quaker Valley...

 radio.http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/kqv0808.html. Savarese has also worked for AP Radio and National Public Radio.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1002342 He currently covers Pittsburgh sports on a freelance basis for ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...

 and the NFL Radio Network on Sirius XM Radio. In his career, he has interviewed many great athletes such as Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Ron Francis, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken, Albert Pujols, Derek Jeter, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Troy Polamalu, Heath Miller, and Sydney Crosby. http://www.yourbridgeville.com/event/world-affairs-discussion-george-savarese

Educational career

Since 1997, George Savarese has been a teacher at Mt. Lebanon High School in the suburbs of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. His core responsibilities are 11th grade U.S. History and 12th Grade Honors International Relations

International relations

International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...

. Prior to joining Mt. Lebanon, Savarese taught a number of years at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for International Studies.

As the school's former National Forensic League

National Forensic League

The National Forensic League is a non-partisan, non-profit educational honor society established to encourage and motivate American high school students to participate in and become proficient in the forensic arts: debate, public speaking and interpretation. NFL is the America's oldest and largest...

 coach,http://www.nflonline.org/points_application/coachprofile.php?id=1218655 Savarese guided his students to the 2006 state championship. In his tenure as Director of Speech & Debate, he also coached thirteen Mt. Lebanon students to state championships, including Extemporaneous champions Paul Katz, Ben Moore, Hart Ford-Hodges and Sam Reynolds http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/education/s_455999.html
Five of his students were National Finalists at NFL Nationals with Richard Freeman, Dana McCullum, Moira Foehr and Paul Katz all winning runner-up National Championships in their events.
Savarese is also one of the coaches of Mt. Lebanon's Model United Nations

Model United Nations

Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....

 team, along with nationally acclaimed history teacher Peter DiNardo; their MUN team has consistently been among the premier programs in the country.

For his work at the High School, he has been named a Teacher of Excellence by the Teacher Excellence Center and was inducted into the Cum Laude society.
He was also chosen as one of ten Pennsylvania teachers to travel to EU and NATO headquarters in Brussels as part of a European Union program in 2004.

Personal life

Savarese was married in 2006 and currently has two children (Sophia and Giorgio) with his beautiful wife Tyra.
The pair resides in Lower Speers, Pennsylvania. Savarese has an outstanding knowledge of world affairs and has traveled extensively around the world. With relatives in Sorrento, Italy, Savarese also speaks fluent Italian as well. Raised in Pittsburgh's Bloomfield

Bloomfield (Pittsburgh)

Bloomfield is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh; it is located three miles from the Golden Triangle, which is the city's center, and is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Patrick Dowd and Bill Peduto. Bloomfield is referred to as Pittsburgh's Little Italy...

neighborhood, he directed the Bloomfield Street Hockey League (BSHL) for a number of years.