Community College of Philadelphia
Names Butler to Board of Trustees

PHILADELPHIA, February 4, 2003 – Thomas J. Butler, Career and College Guidance Coordinator for the School District of Philadelphia, has been named a trustee of Community College of Philadelphia. Butler was appointed by Mayor John F. Street to a term expiring in 2008.

His career has revolved around providing access to higher education to all who may benefit. Previously, he was director of the College Access Program for the Philadelphia Education Fund and director of Admissions for Cheney University of Pennsylvania.

He is involved in an array of professional activity including chair of the Mayor’s Office on Community Services YouthWeb Advisory Board, Philadelphia University’s ACT 101 Advisory Board, Champions of Caring Educational Advisory Committee, and chair of Community In Schools of Philadelphia’s Providers Network.

Butler has earned numerous awards including the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling’s 2002 Human Relations Award, the Congressional Black Caucus/ School District Leadership Award, and the National Council of Educational Opportunity Programs Leadership Development Training Award. He also is a graduate of the Urban League of Philadelphia’s Leadership Institute.

Butler earned a master of education degree from Kutztown University and a bachelor of music degree from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. He is a resident of the Germantown section of Philadelphia.