The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce the addition of Robert B. Hamill to our Board of Directors. Mr. Hamill is Managing Director at Jefferies & Company, Inc., a global securities and investment banking group. “The AHI is delighted that Bob has joined our Board of Directors,” said AHI President Richard Erlanger. “Along with his distinguished Wall Street background, he brings a passionate desire to further AHI programs and outreach, as well as the principles of our charter.”

Robert B. Hamill joins the AHI's Board of Directors

Mr. Hamill has been in Institutional Sales and Trading of Leveraged Credit Products for nearly 25 years. He was previously employed by Drexel Burnham Lambert, Citicorp, JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers. He began his career on Wall Street at EF Hutton and Company in the Investment Banking Group. Hamill was elected a member of The Town Council of New Canaan, CT in 2009 and is serving a four year term in office. He is a member of the Hamilton College Parents Advisory Council. He is on the Board of The Litchfield Park Corporation.  He is a member of D.O.C.A., an advocacy group affiliated with The Department of Defense and The State Department. Hamill earned his B.A. from Hamilton College with a major in Economics and a Minor in Math. He earned an M.B.A. from The Harvard Business School.

Last fall, Mr. Hamill participated on an AHI Entrepreneurship Club panel discussion on private equity and assessment management “Private Equity and Asset Management” Is Bain a Boon?” where he spoke to a standing-room only crowd at the AHI’s headquarters in Clinton.

“Bob Hamill brings electric energy and a fervent commitment to the mission of the AHI,” said Charter Fellow Robert Paquette.  “He has a wealth of experience in the financial world and is deeply engaged in helping to promote the values that made this country great.  Welcome aboard!”