DEREK GREEN

COUNCILMAN, PHILADELPHIA

In 2015, Councilmember Derek S. Green, Esquire won the Democratic primary for City Council 
At-Large in Philadelphia by receiving the highest number of votes cast in the election, and, 
later that year, he was elected as a member of the City Council of Philadelphia. In 2019, he was 
elected for another term. 

As a member of City Council, Councilmember Green chairs the Committee on Finance 
and Disabilities and serves as the Vice Chair of the Committees on Aging and Law and 
Government. Additionally, he serves as the Chair of the Philadelphia Gas Commission, 
President of the Pennsylvania Municipal League, President of the Democratic Municipal 
Officials, Board Director for the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Board Director for the Philadelphia 
Convention & Visitors Bureau, Board Director for the National League of Cities, and Regional 
Director for the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials.

Before his election, Councilmember Green was the Special Counsel to Councilmember 
Marian B. Tasco. In this capacity, he proposed and drafted legislation as well as reviewed and 
monitored local, state, and federal legislation. He also served as counsel to the Philadelphia 
Gas Commission Chair and the Committees on Finance and Public Health and Human 
Services and managed various Council hearings and meetings with constituents and 
executives. 

Prior to working in City Council, Councilmember Green served as a Deputy City Solicitor in 
the Housing and Community Development Division of the Corporate Group of the City’s Law 
Department. As a Deputy City Solicitor, he represented the Offices of Housing and Community 
Development and Neighborhood Transformation Initiatives, Commerce Department, and 
Vacant Property Review Committee and annually drafted, negotiated, and reviewed over $100 
million in housing and economic development contracts funded by the City, PA Department 
of Community and Economic Development, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. 

Additionally, Councilmember Green’s legal experience includes positions as an Assistant 
District Attorney in Philadelphia and Assistant Deputy Attorney General for the State 
of Delaware (Securities and Criminal Divisions). He is admitted to practice law in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey. He is also a graduate of the 
University of Virginia and Temple University School of Law and is a member of the Center 
for Progressive Leadership’s inaugural class of Political Leadership Fellows, and served as a 

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faculty member and alumni Board Director. Furthermore, the Pennsylvania Law Weekly 
named Councilmember Green as a Lawyer on the Fast Track, Cheyney University honored 
him with the President’s Outstanding Community Leader Award, Community College 
of Philadelphia presented him with their Distinguished Leadership Award, Democratic 
Municipal Officials awarded him with their President’s Award, Urban Education Fund 
honored him with the Gimper Award for Outstanding Service, Bensalem High School 
Morgan Bathgate is a college student at Messiah University studying Psychology. She 
honored him with its first Distinguished Alumni Award, Leadership Philadelphia selected 
graduated in 2020 from Mechanicsburg Area Senior High where she also played water 
him as one of the region’s key connectors and leaders, Metro Philadelphia selected him as 
polo, swam competitively, played violin, maintained a 4.0 GPA and took six Advanced 
one of 6 new young political leaders, and the Philadelphia Daily News named him one of 
Placement (AP) classes.
the 10 under 40 rising political stars. In 2018, he was selected as NewDEAL Leader.
She was diagnosed with Autism when she was 3 years old. Morgan likes to remind people 
that she may think differently, learn differently and at times struggle to focus—but she 
Before becoming an attorney, Councilmember Green was a consumer and small business 
embraces her extraordinary abilities. She is different—but not less.
lender for Meridian Bank. He also served in a leadership capacity in a number of civic 
and professional organizations including President of the Center in the Park, Inc. and East 
Morgan describes herself as family oriented, artsy, techie, bookish, musical and 
Mount Airy Neighbors, Inc. (“EMAN”), First Vice President of the Germantown YMCA, 
adventurous. She loves nature, animals, video games and drawing.
Vice President of Young America Political Action Committee, Co-Vice Chair of the PA Bar 
Assoc.’s Legal Services to the Public Committee. Further, he served as a Board Director for 
the Green Tree School, Mt. Airy USA CDC, Urban League of Philadelphia, West Oak Lane 
Charter School, West Philadelphia YMCA, and served as pro bono counsel for the Family 
Life Centers of Canaan Baptist Church and Salem Baptist Church of Jenkintown.

Councilmember Green and his wife, Sheila, co-founded the first Autism Support Class 
at Houston Elementary School to help other Autistic children like their son. To aid other 
families affected by Autism, they are a top regional fundraiser for Autism Speaks.