On February 16, 2022, Rev. Dr. Emilygail Dill was appointed to serve as a Senator in Bermuda and as the Junior Minister of National Security and Transport. Rev. Dr. Dill was educated at The Berkeley Institute and Sandys Secondary School. Her Bachelor of Arts was in English and Secondary Education from the esteemed Spelman College in Atlanta, with a minor in Music and Theater. She later obtained her Master of Divinity from the Interdenominational Theology Center in Atlanta with a concentration in Leadership Development and Pastoral Counseling. Senator Rev. Dr. Dill completed her doctorate in Leadership Development and Organization Dynamics from the United-Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and her Human Resources Director Certification from Cornell University.
Bermuda’s Premier David Burt said, “I welcome Rev. Dr. Emily Gail Dill to the Senate and congratulate her on her appointment as a junior minister. She has answered a call to serve at an important time in Bermuda, and I am grateful for her willingness to embark on this new facet of her already extensive public service.”
She brings to her appointments as Senator and Junior Minister considerable strengths in the arts, education, and ministry and genuine empathy for the needs of others. Her record of work and success with Bermuda’s youth through the Alternative Education programme will add to the dedicated team at the Ministry of National Security who are focused on tackling the root causes of gang violence.
The Rev. Dr. Dill is a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians. She is the recent former 1st Episcopal District Women in Ministry President, Dean of the Ministerial Institute of the Bermuda Annual Conference, married to Presiding Elder Rev. Howard Dill, Senior Pastor of Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sandys, Bermuda, where she serves as Assistant Pastor.
