Patrick J. Dexter.Patrick J. Dexter

Patrick J. Dexter is the Headquarters Community Relations Advisor, ExxonMobil Public Affairs, for the Exxon Mobil Corporation, in Fairfax, Virginia.

Mr. Dexter received both BS and MA degrees in library and information science from the University of Missouri. After graduation, he worked as assistant medical librarian at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. In 1978, he joined the Gillette Medical Evaluation Laboratories as an information specialist where he remained until 1990 when he joined the Mobil Corporation as an information specialist in the Office of the Corporate Secretary. In 1998, he was appointed assistant secretary of Mobil Foundation, Inc. He was named to his current position at ExxonMobil in 1999.

Mr. Dexter currently serves in various capacities with several organizations, including:
Arts Council of Fairfax (Past Chair),
Association of Corporate Contribution Professionals,
DC College Access Program - Community Engagement Committee,
Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce,
Fairfax County Public Schools Education Foundation,
Fairfax Library Foundation (Vice Chair, Past Chair),
Fall for the Book,
Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation (Past President),
Virginia Advanced Study Strategies Inc.,
Virginia Math & Science Coalition,
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers,
and St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Arlington.

Mr. Dexter is married to Martha Ann Miller and has two children: David, a writer for ComPsych in Chicago and Catherine, a 2008 graduate of the University of Mary Washington. 

Awards -

2007 Jinx Hazel Arts Citizen of the Year Award given by the Arts Council of Fairfax County
(April, 2007)

2005 Bruce Oliver Business Leadership Award given by the Fairfax County Public Schools Office of Business/Industry Relations (November 7, 2005)

2005 Community Champion Award given by Volunteer Fairfax (April 21, 2005)

Presentations - Participated as a moderator, panelist or speaker:

"Meet the Grant Makers - Economy Driven Giving" (March, 2008)
Booz Allen Hamilton Nonprofit Leadership Conference, Fairfax, VA

"Company Initiatives in Math, Science & Technology: What Works &
What Doesn't" (March, 2007)
Association of Corporate Contribution Professionals, Scottsdale, Arizona