Dickson is a real estate instructor with the Coldwell Banker Real Estate School and is a trustee of the New Jersey Realtors Housing Opportunity Foundation and the Executive Director of the Maplewood/South Orange Chamber of Commerce. Dickson has lived in Maplewood with his wife Donna since 1995, raising two daughters. He is the founder of the non-profit Rent Party Pantry, which supports hunger-fighting initiatives in Maplewood/South Orange, including BackPack Pals and the South Orange Elks Rent Party Garden. Dickson is a recipient of the New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson Award and the New Jersey Realtors Good Neighbor Award.