EDUCATION

¨ Bachelor of Science Degree in Business/Marketing (with honors)

¨ Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ

¨ Holy Spirit High School, Absecon, NJ

¨ Friends School, Atlantic City, NJ

¨ Continuing Education:

¨ Human Resource Development Institute/Fairleigh Dickenson University

¨ Certified Public Manager (Levels I, II, III, IV, V and VI)

¨ Rutgers University Government Studies ‑ Municipal, Financial, & Certificate Programs (over 167 Credit Hours)

¨ Atlantic County Fire School ‑ Firefighter I & II, Hazmat and Leadership Studies

EMPLOYMENT

¨ South Jersey Transportation Authority

¨ Atlantic City International Airport - October 2006 to present

o Airport Facilities Planning Manager

¨ Atlantic City Expressway Manager - May 2002 – October 2006

¨ Self- Employed – Sales Rep.- Over 28 years experience.

¨ Sales representative of audio, video and computer recording media supplies to government, education, and business markets. Bid preparation, quotes, and contracts.

COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER

¨ Mayor, Buena Vista Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.

¨ Planning Board ‑ Class I Member, Public Safety, Economic Development, Environmental Commission, Clean Communities Program, and Special Events Committee.

¨ New Jersey State League of Municipalities Since 1992: Member Board of Directors; School Funding Task Force; Chairman - League Volunteerism Committee; Chairman School/Municipal Relations Task Force (finding new ways Municipalities and School Boards can work together on common issues); Member - School Finance Committee (worked to find new ways to fund education and provide property tax relief); Member - Sand Mining and Quarry Task Force. Serves as Moderator for many League programs and forums.

¨ Board of Directors ‑ New Jersey Conference of Mayors; Board of Directors - Atlantic County Representative, Since 1996; Committees: Sand Mining and Quarry, Constitutional Convention

¨ Elected the first Chairman of the Pinelands Municipal Council (3/96). Helped to re-establish Council of 53 Mayors of Pinelands Communities. Served Seven Years as Chairman and three years as Vice-Chairman. Currently Chairman.

¨ Chairman, Atlantic County Democratic Committee, June 1998 – June 2004

¨ Governor’s Transportation Transition Team December 2001 - Present

¨ Former Lions Club Director/Charter Member ‑ Township of Hamilton

¨ Atlantic County Mayors Association ‑ Member since 1995. Currently President, and served as Vice-President.

¨ Community FoodBank of New Jersey ‑ Southern Branch ‑ Advisory Board Member
(1995 -2005)

¨ American Red Cross / Atlantic-Cumberland County Chapter – Board of Directors (1999-2001)

¨ Township Committeeman ‑ Elected official serving sixth three‑year term (1992‑1994, 1995‑1997, 1998‑2000, 2001-2003, 2004-2006, 2007-2009). Special Achievements include: Relocation of the New Jersey State Police Troop A Headquarters to Buena Vista Township; Established - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center; helped secure - Federal designation for the Wild and Scenic Maurice River (headwaters in Buena Vista), and Established Veteran’s Pavilion and Memorial for Veterans of All Wars (Court of Honor) at the Michael Debbi Park in Richland, Kindest Place in New Jersey 2001, Wilder Hines Park in Newtonville, New Public Works Facility in East Vineland, Establishment of the Richland Village Project.

¨ Milmay Volunteer Fire Company ‑ Firefighter, member and past secretary. Past Chairman of Building Improvement, Fund Raising, and Post Office Committees. Past Safety Officer. Member since 1988.

¨ Atlantic County Association of Township Officials Since 1992– Current Member,
Former President Vice-President and Secretary.

¨ Member of various business and trade organizations.

¨ Atlantic County League of Municipalities – Current Member, Former 3^rd Vice President.