Charisse R Lillie

Vice President of Community Investment and Executive Vice President of the Comcast Foundation, Comcast Corporation She was a partner in the law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, in Philadelphia from January 1992 to February 2005. She was chair of the Litigation Department from 2002 to 2005, and was a member of the Employment and Labor Law Group of the firm. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Lillie’s legal experience included positions as trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; deputy director, Community Legal Services, Inc., professor at Villanova Law School, assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, general counsel to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia and City Solicitor of the City of Philadelphia. n addition, Ms. Lillie has been a member of many civic commissions, including the Independent Charter Commission, the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Task Force, the MOVE Commission and the Philadelphia Election Reform Task Force. She is a member of the Forum of Executive Women, and is the former president of the Board of the Juvenile Law Center. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of The Franklin Institute, The Philadelphia Award, the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association, Juvenile Law Center, Charity All-Stars, Inc. and the Board of Governors of the Pyramid Club. She served as a Trustee of Friends Select School from 1994 to 2002, and returned in 2003 to serve as President of the Board of Trustees. Ms. Lillie served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and vice-chairman of the Executive Committee of the Conference of Chairmen of the Federal Reserve System from January 2001 until December 2002, and she served as a Board member for seven years. She is a member of the Advisory Board of The PNC Financial Services Group, Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey. The Houston, Texas native received her BA in 1973 from Wesleyan University - cum laude; her JD in 1976 from Temple Law School - Dean’s Honor List; and her LLM in 1982 from Yale Law School. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, in 2005. She worked as a research assistant to the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. from 1975 to 1976 on his first book, In The Matter of Color. Ms. Lillie was law clerk to the Honorable Clifford Scott Green, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1976-1978.