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| Governor |
| James E. McGreevey |
| Governor |
| State of New Jersey |
| State House |
| PO Box 001 |
| Trenton, NJ 08625-0001 |
| Phone: (609) 292-6000 |
| Fax: (609) 292-3454 |
| Web Site: http://www.state.nj.us/governor |
| e-mail Web Site: http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.htm |
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Elected November 2001 as 51st governor with 56% of vote over Republican BRET SCHUNDLER> Consensus gubernatorial nominee in 2001, won June 2001 primary without significant opposition, successfully withstood brief effort July 2000 by Senator ROBERT TORRICELLI to enter race, following failure of Torricelli effort received endorsement of broad cross-section of Party leaders, undermining challenges from potential opponents including Congressmen WILLIAM PASCRELL, FRANK PALLONE, NJ Senator RICHARD CODEY, lawyer MICHAEL MURPHY> Also 1997 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, won June primary race, defeating principal opponents Congressman ROB ANDREWS and attorney MICHAEL MURPHY> Lost general election to Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN by surprisingly narrow 26,000 votes, with Whitman receiving 46.9% and McGreevey 45.8% of total votes, in race focused on property tax levels and auto insurance premium rates> Served as State Senator for 19th district 1994-98, defeated Republican incumbent Randy Corman by 3,400 votes in 1993 election, gave up seat after one term to enter gubernatorial race> First elected Mayor of Woodbridge 1992, re-elected 1995, 1999 with 70% of vote> Also served as Chairman of NJ Democratic Leadership Council, policy forum for centrist Democrats on fiscal and social issues modeled on national organization co-founded by President Clinton while Governor of Arkansas> Chair, NJ CONFERENCE OF MAYORS 2001> Attorney, former Middlesex County assistant prosecutor, later worked 1984-85 as attorney and staff counsel for Assembly Democratic majority staff under then-Speaker Alan Karcher, executive director of NJ State Parole Board, and attorney for MERCK & CO.> B.A. Columbia University, J.D. Georgetown University and master's degree from Harvard University> Married former DINA MATOS 2000, daughter Jacqueline Matos McGreevey born December 7, 2001, also daughter from prior marriage ended in divorce. |
| Charles M. Kuperus |
| Secretary of Agriculture |
| Department of
Agriculture |
| State of New Jersey |
| John Fitch Plaza |
| PO Box 330 |
| Trenton, NJ 08625 |
| Phone:
(609) 292-3976 |
| Fax: (609) 292-3978 |
| Web Site: http://www.state.nj.us/agriculture |
| Only cabinet officer not directly appointed by governor, nominated
by State Board of Agriculture
with approval of Governor>
Serving
as Vice President of NJ FARM BUREAU upon nomination as Secretary,
and also served as chair of a national farm bureau committee and as
a director on Sussex County Board of Agriculture> Served on NJ
STATE PLANNING COMMISSION after appointment by
Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, chaired Plan Development
Committee and led NJ State Development and Redevelopment Plan to
final adoption in 2001> Republican activist
elected 2000 to Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders and
selected to serve as Director, also served two terms on
Sussex Borough Council, and Commissioner on Sussex County
Municipal Utilities Authority> Lifelong farmer in Sussex Borough,
where he lives with his wife, Marge, and their children held
leadership positions in both Sussex Christian School and Sussex
Christian Reformed Church. |
| Holly Bakke | |||||||||||
| Commissioner |
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| Department of Banking
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| State of New Jersey | |||||||||||
| 20 West State Street |
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| PO Box 325 |
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| Trenton, NJ 08625-0325 | |||||||||||
| Phone:(609) 341-2511 | |||||||||||
| Fax: (609) 984-5273 |
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| Web Site: http://www.naic.org/nj/njhomepg.html |
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| Regulates over 1,100 insurance companies in NJ with more than $20 billion in written premiums; regulates real estate industry with 83,000 real estate licensees; responsible for chartering, licensing and supervising nearly 6,000 financial entities which provide deposit, loan, trust and investment services> Since 1989 until 2002 Cabinet appointment, served as Executive Director of NJ Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association, NJ Surplus Lines Insurance Guaranty Fund, and NJ Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Association> Previously Deputy Commissioner of Insurance Litigation Practices forNJ Department of Insurance during JIM FLORIO Administration> Member of NJ STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, chaired its Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and Judicial Administration Committee> Also served on several Supreme Court Committees dealing with criminal practice, civil litigation, and complimentary dispute resolution> J.D. SETON HALL UNIVERSITY Law School 1982, Graduate Fellow at Institute for Court Management of National Center for State Courts in 1978, and earned B.A. from Drew University 1973. | |||||||||||
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| Susan Bass Levin | |||||||||||
| Commissioner |
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| Department of Community Affairs |
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| State of New Jersey | |||||||||||
| 101 South Broad Street |
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| PO Box 800 |
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| Trenton, NJ 08625-0800 | |||||||||||
| Phone:
(609) 292-6420 |
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| Fax:
(609) 984-6696 |
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| Web Site:
http://www.state.nj.us/dca/dcahome.htm |
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| Appointed Commissioner
of Department of Community Affairs by Governor McGreevey January
2002> Served as Mayor of Cherry Hill until resigning to join
Cabinet, first elected mayor
1987, re-elected three times after serving as council president
1986-87> Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress in 2000,
lost by 58-42% margin to incumbent Republican JAMES
SAXTON> Considered 1997 gubernatorial campaign, decided not
to enter race, endorsed Congressman ROB
ANDREWS, second-place finisher to JAMES
MCGREEVEY in Democratic primary> Served as elector from NJ
for Clinton-Gore in 1996 Electoral College> Senior adviser in
1993 JAMES FLORIO gubernatorial campaign, organized South Jersey Women's
Coalition for 1996, 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign, delegate to 2000,
1996, 1992 Democratic National Conventions> Member, NJ State
Democratic Finance Committee, founding member of PAM's List,
fundraising organization for women legislative candidates> Former
attorney, Ballard, Spahr & Andrews law firm, former partner with
husband in Cherry Hill law firm> Former President, NJ
ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS; delegate, 1986 White House
Conference on Small Business> Appointed to US Holocaust Memorial
Council by President Clinton, other boards include NJ
ALLIANCE FOR ACTION; SOUTH JERSEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL; CEASEFIRE NJL>
Awards include Douglass College Women of Achievement Award,
Philadelphia Business Journal Women of Distinction Award, Women’s
Political Caucus Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award and Woman of Year from
National Council of Jewish Women, NJAWBO, and Camden County Girl
Scouts>
J.D.
George Washington University Law School,
B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) University of Rochester. |
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| William L. Librera, Ed.D. | |||||||||||
| Commissioner |
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| Department of Education |
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| State of New Jersey | |||||||||||
| Riverview Executive Plaza-Building 100 | |||||||||||
| Route
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| PO Box 500 |
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| Trenton, NJ 08625-0400 | |||||||||||
| Phone:
(609) 292-4450 |
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| Fax:
(609) 777-4099 |
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| Web Site: http://www.state.nj.us/education/ |
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| Serving
when nominated to Governor’s Cabinet as associate
professor in Educational Leadership Department at NEW JERSEY CITY
UNIVERSITY and president of Educational Nexus, a consulting firm in
advising school districts on special education, early childhood
education, grievance services and other educational issues> 1997-2001
superintendent and school principal in Allamuchy Elementary School
District> While
superintendent of Montclair Public Schools 1992-97, four schools
received Blue Ribbon School Awards, also developed policy guidelines
for racial and gender composition in classrooms, worked with
community groups and school board to respond to enrollment growth
and created community-based early childhood program> Prior
positions as Superintendent of Bernardsville Public Schools in
Somerset County, principal of Columbia High School in South
Orange/Maplewood school system in Essex County and assistant
principal of Vernon Township and West Morris high schools> Former
chair, NJ STATE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION> Doctorate
of education 1982, master’s degree in education 1977 from RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY, M.A. degree in history 1971 and B.S. 1968 from
University of Vermont. |
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| Bradley Campbell | |||||||||||
| Commissioner |
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| State of New Jersey | |||||||||||
| 401 East State Street |
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| PO Box 402 |
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| Trenton, NJ 08625-0402 | |||||||||||
| Phone:
(609) 292-2885 |
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| Fax:
(609) 292-7695 |
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| Web
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| Nominated
January 2002 to Cabinet while serving as visiting professor at
University of North Carolina Law School teaching classes on natural
resources and environment, property rights and constitution, and
contracts> In 1999, appointed by President Clinton to work at US
Environmental Protection Agency as Regional Administrator for
Mid-Atlantic Region based in Philadelphia, responsible for leading,
implementing, and enforcing federal environmental laws>
Previously 1995-1999 Associate Director of White House Council on
Environmental Quality responsible for all toxic and environmental
protection matters, negotiated1996 landmark Port dredging agreement
affecting NJ > Also helped develop President Clinton's
brownfields initiative, negotiated Superfund issues with Congress,
and led reforms of hazardous waste laws and of environmental
liability for lenders, White House's lead representative toe 104th
Congress in amending Safe Drinking Water Act and in enacting the
Food Quality Protection Act and pipeline safety reforms> From
1990-1994 attorney-advisor for U . Department of Justice,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, responsible for trial
and appellate litigation and advised client agencies and Assistant
Attorney General on range of environmental issues>J.D. from
University of Chicago Law School 1987, B.A Amherst College 1983>
Currently serves as Board Chairman of Echo Hill Outdoor School, Inc,
nonprofit organization providing residential environmental education
programs to school children in Chesapeake Bay area; also on Board of
Directors of Common Ground Community, Inc., nonprofit organization
in NY City providing housing, social services, and job training to
mentally ill, low-income, and formerly homeless persons> In
February 2000, appointed by President Clinton to serve as
Commissioner on Ohio River Valley Sanitary Commission, which
protects water quality on the Ohio River>
Clerked for Honorable Carl McGowan of US Court of Appeals for
District of Columbia> Philadelphia native. |
| Clifton R. Lacy, M.D. |
| Commissioner |
| Department of Health and Senior Services |
| State of New Jersey |
| John Fitch Plaza |
| PO Box 360 |
| Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 |
| Phone:
(609) 292-7834 |
| Fax:
(609) 292-0053 |
| Web Site: http://www.state.nj.us/health |
| Department with 1,800 employees and $2 billion budget charged with protecting public health and serves 1.4 million senior citizens over age of 60> Previously chief of staff and head of cardiac medicine at ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, also Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief of Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension and Director of Center for Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School> In addition, Visiting Professor in Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration at RUTGERS UNIVERSITY College of Pharmacy> Board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, fellow of American College of Cardiology, and fellow of American College of Physicians, has been listed as one of ‘Best Doctors in America’> Received numerous awards for teaching, active researcher in national and international clinical trials and widely published in medical literature> Served on national, regional and local clinical and scientific committees and advisory boards including National Institutes of Health, American College of Cardiology, and American Heart Association> M.D. degree from UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School, also completed residency in internal medicine, chief resident in internal medicine, and completed fellowship in cardiovascular diseases. |
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