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Charisse R. Lillie |
Charisse R. Lillie serves as Vice President of Community Investment and Executive Vice President of the Comcast Foundation. In this role she is responsible for leading Comcast’s community investment program, including corporate and Foundation charitable giving and all of Comcast’s national community partnerships with organizations such as United Way, City Year, the National Urban League, National Council of La Raza and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Working alongside Comcast Foundation President Joe Waz, she works to build a national reputation for Comcast’s community investment initiatives.
Ms. Lillie joined Comcast in 2005 as Vice President, Human Resources for Comcast Corporation, and Senior Vice-President, Human Resources of Comcast Cable Communications. Prior to that, Lillie was a partner in the law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, in Philadelphia from 1992 to 2005. She also served as Chair of the Litigation Department at Ballard Spahr from 2002 to 2005.
Ms. Lillie is the recipient of numerous honors, including the 2007 Paragon Award from the Philadelphia chapter of the National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), the 2007 Liberty Award from the Greater Philadelphia chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), the 2007 Operation Understanding Outstanding Service Award, and the 2007 Philadelphia Magazine Trailblazer Award. She is a member of the Forum of Executive Women and is the former president of the Board of Juvenile Law Center. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees at Howard University, and the Board of Directors of the Franklin Institute, the American Arbitration Association, and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. Lillie is a past Chair of the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity and a former Chair of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. She served as a Trustee of Friends Select School from 1994 to 2002 and from 2003 to 2006, serving as President of the Board of Trustees for two years.
The Houston, Texas native received her B.A. in 1973 from Wesleyan University - cum laude; her J.D. in 1976 from Temple Law School - Dean’s Honor List; and her LL.M. in 1982 from Yale Law School. In 2005, she was awarded a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA.