EP 54 MARLOWE SMITH

Marlowe Smith was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and attended St. Athanasius Catholic School from K-8 grades. He is a proud graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia (250).  After High School, he continued his education at Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing with an Emphasis in Finance.  After starting his professional career, he earned a MBA in Management from Penn State. He is currently a Senior Legislative Specialist with the PECO Governmental Affairs team and has worked for the company for the last 11 years with numerous specialized roles and increasing responsibilities.  Prior to PECO, he worked for other Fortune 500 companies including Mobil, ExxonMobil, Sunoco, BP Castrol and Kellogg’s in a variety of positions.

He is a community leader as a member of his hometown of Delran Township, NJ for the last 18 years.  He is an elected Councilmember for Delran Township, NJ for the past year and previously served for 8 years on the Delran Zoning Board and has contributed as an Assistant Coach for his son’s Delran Athletic Association teams.  

Marlowe is passionate about mentoring young people. He assists them in discovering their gifts, their purpose, setting goals, milestones and executing a plan to propel them towards future success.  He puts his passion to work by being a leader as a Big Brother to two different Little Brothers with the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization (Julian & Jamir).  He won the Exelon 2017 Volunteer of the Year Award where Big Brothers Big Sisters was awarded $5,000 based upon his dedication to mentoring. 

In addition, Marlowe is a Youth Leader at the Abundant Life Fellowship Church in Edgewater Park, NJ, is a volunteer mentor for the Young Men of Destiny at Restoration Station Church in Edgewater Park, NJ and successfully leads a college seminar designed to provide high school students and parents with the college preparation process.  

Marlowe is a devoted husband to his wife Andrea of 20 years and has two children (Maya 18 and Aaron 14) who are in college and high school respectively. Marlowe enjoys politics, reading, sports, traveling and spending time with his family.

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