Smalley has worked at the board since 2001 and held the vice presidency beginning in 2012. He takes over as president following the death of former president Ronald M. Donatucci in November of last year.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney congratulated Smalley for his latest achievement, calling him “a good man and a great Philadelphian.”
“He and I worked together on the Octavius Catto Monument project at City Hall several years ago, and I look forward to working with him and the entire Board in the effort to improve the lives of our fellow citizens,” Kenney said.
Smalley is the son of a West Philadelphia barber and grew up in the 1960s around “some of the city’s greatest legal minds,” who frequented his father’s barbershop, the BDCT said.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Board of Directors of City Trusts, the agency charged with overseeing charitable trusts bequeathed to the City of Philadelphia, today announced the unanimous election of prominent city attorney Bernard W. Smalley as its President – the first African-American ever to lead the Board in its 151-year history.
Smalley will lead a Board that administers 119 public charitable trusts, including Girard College, the historic boarding school in North Philadelphia; Wills Eye Hospital, consistently ranked as one of the top eye hospitals in the nation; the John Scott Award, which is bestowed annually in honor of Benjamin Franklin to honor singular achievements in science and medicine; and a series of other trusts dedicated to improving conditions on the Delaware waterfront and providing financial support for thousands of Philadelphians in need.
Republican Party Chairman Doug Steinhardt announced Friday he is running for governor in next year s contest, pitching himself as a pro-Trump, gun-toting Everyman who will shake up the political class in the state capitol.
In a two-minute video posted on Facebook, Steinhardt touted his deeply conservative bona fides while promoting himself as just the type of outsider needed to cure the ills of a state that has swung too far to the left under Gov. Phil Murphy. I m not a politician at all, said Steinhardt, who has been involved in politics for 20 years as mayor of Lopatcong and chairman of the Warren County Republican Committee in addition to the state party.