Mitchell morgan philadelphia

Mitchell has been an integral member of the Philadelphia business community for more than 40 years. Prior to founding Morgan Properties, Mitchell worked for Construction Consultants, a company that built and managed apartment companies. Before that, he spent several years at an international public accounting firm in the tax department. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Temple University after serving as a longstanding trustee and the Chair of the Facilities Committee.

Mitchell is the only Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Temple who is an alum of Temple University in over 50 years. You have no choice, you have to do both.

He instead employed his JD to bolster his credibility and expertise in the accounting world. In , he established his company, Morgan Properties, which has since grown to become one of the largest apartment owners in the country, and the largest landlord in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey.

Morgan Properties employs 1, people and owns more than apartment complexes in 12 states, from New York to Tennessee. Morgan Properties purchases apartment buildings typically built between and and value-adds, upgrading bathrooms and kitchens and updating HVAC systems, roofs and windows. I think we just grew up a little rougher, and we knew we had to fight for what we want in life. So I love hiring Temple students. They are great. Leading Temple forward Morgan wants to make sure everyone appreciates Temple for the school that it is today.

It is often compared to Penn. Morgan has tremendous respect for the Ivy League institution on the other side of the Schuylkill and met with his friend and Penn board chair David Cohen to pick his brain before taking on this leadership role. The conversation with Cohen made him realize one of the big distinctions between the two schools is their students.

And then when I came back to Temple, I fell in love with Temple. Morgan plans to lead the Board of Trustees much the same as he leads his own company: By building a group of strong, sharp leaders and taking a collaborative approach to decision making. Their job is to set missions and goals and direction.