Jerel A. Hopkins

Director
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Hershey Trust Company

Jerel A. Hopkins

Director
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Hershey Trust Company

Jerel A. Hopkins has served on the board of directors for FSK since 2018 and serves on the board of trustees for K-FIT and K-FITS. Mr. Hopkins serves as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Hershey Trust Company since 2023. Prior, Mr. Hopkins served as a managing director and associate general counsel of Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., a diversified asset management firm and an affiliate of Macquarie, since November 2004. Prior to joining Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., Mr. Hopkins served as an attorney in the corporate and securities department of the law firm Klehr Harrison from January 2000 to November 2004. Mr. Hopkins served as counsel in the division of enforcement and litigation of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission from August 1997 to December 1999 and as lead counsel of the internet fraud unit from January 1999 to December 1999. In addition, Mr. Hopkins served as special counsel on behalf of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission to the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. from January 1999 to December 1999. Mr. Hopkins has also served on the board of trustees of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine since February 2012. Mr. Hopkins was also a member of the board of directors of FSKR until the Merger. Mr. Hopkins received his B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.