The university proudly welcomed alumnus Dexter Hamilton ’83 to the Board of Trustees. Hamilton is a prominent Philadelphia attorney who grew up in Philadelphia and spent much time in Chester and currently serves as counsel to Chester-based clients. An experienced trial attorney, Hamilton practices in the areas of commercial litigation, construction litigation, products liability, and toxic tort litigation. In the past several years, he has tried cases to verdict including commercial matters and catastrophic injury cases. He has been lead counsel in complex matters in state and federal courts across the country. He also serves as general counsel for a local health system.

In addition, he serves as general counsel for the African American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ, and DE, and as a judge pro tempore for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, where he presides at settlement conferences. He is a member of the board of the Lawyers Club of Philadelphia and previously served on the board of directors of the Bethesda Project, an organization that serves the chronically homeless. He was appointed by the mayor of Philadelphia to serve on the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.

Hamilton joined the board along with Student Trustee Ijjae Hill '23 '25. Hill, a double major in visual and performing arts and pre-physical therapy who plans to pursue a doctorate of physical therapy, is active in the university community and in the Chester community, where she has pursued her passion for health equity. Read more about Hill in this Q&A. 

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