Gretchen Santamour was elected to the Board of Trustees in February 2018. She is a graduate of Villanova University and holds a Juris Doctor from the College of William and Mary. She has been a Partner at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 2009. Prior to joining Stradley Ronon, Gretchen was a Partner at Wolf Block Schorr and Solis-Cohen.
Gretchen is currently the Board President for the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Hyperion Bank, a community bank will offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Atlanta, Georgia. She formerly served on the Boards of Directors of Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project and Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Gretchen also provided pro bono services for clients of Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project and volunteered with Youth Services, Inc. as an assistant to teachers in nursery and pre-school classes. Gretchen participated in a program supporting a Philadelphia public school student through the Sponsor a Scholar Program with Philadelphia Futures.