Councils consist of a ‘Who’s Who’ of NJ leaders
New Brunswick, NJ – The Menendez for Senate Campaign is proud to announce its series of Leadership Councils who have been advising the campaign and whose members will play instrumental roles in driving Bob Menendez’s message and statewide GOTV effort to ensure the Senator is reelected Nov. 6. Each council consists of prominent New Jersey leaders and advocates representing key issue areas and constituencies from across the state:
Honorary Chairs
Governor Phil Murphy
Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver
U.S. Senator Cory Booker
Senate President Stephen Sweeney
Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin
Chairman John Currie
Asian American & Pacific Islander
Senator Vin Gopal, LD-11
Freeholder Susan Shin Angulo, Camden County
Freeholder Balvir Singh, Burlington County
Councilwoman Gloria Oh, Englewood Cliffs
Council President Rolando Lavarro, Jersey City
Mayor Ravi Bhalla, Hoboken
Dr. Khyati Joshi
Black/African American
Senator Ron Rice, LD-28
Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds Jackson, LD-15
Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly, LD-35
Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro, LD-3
Barbara Holcomb, Camden County Democrats
Councilman Curt Jenkins, Camden
Freeholder Jim Jefferson, Gloucester County
Sheriff Mildred Scott, Middlesex County
Mayor Ras Baraka, Newark
Mayor Frank Gilliam, Atlantic City
Mayor Albert Kelly, Bridgeton
Mayor Tony Vauss, Irvington
Mayor Dahlia Vertreese, Hillside
County Chairs
Michael Suleiman, Atlantic County
Lou Stellato, Bergen County
Joe Andl, Burlington County
Senator Jim Beach, Camden County
Brendan Sciarra, Cape May County
Steven Erickson, Cumberland County
LeRoy Jones, Essex County
Senator Fred Madden, Gloucester County
Amy DeGise, Hudson County
Arlene Quinones-Perez, Hunterdon County
Janice Mironov, Mercer County
Kevin McCabe, Middlesex County
David Brown II, Monmouth County
Chip Robinson, Morris County
Wyatt Earp, Ocean County
Steven Caltabiano, Salem County
Peg Schaffer, Somerset County
Leslie Huhn, Sussex County
Senator Nicholas Scutari, Union County
Tom Palmieri, Warren County
County Executive
James Tedesco, Bergen County
Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., Essex County
Tom DeGise, Hudson County
Brian Hughes, Mercer County
Environment & Science
Senator Linda Greenstein, LD-14
Senator Bob Smith, LD-17
Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker, LD-16
Jeff Tittel, Sierra Club NJ
Christine Clarke
Jewish
Assemblyman Gary Schaer, LD-36
Dr. Ben Chouake, NORPAC
Karin Elkis
Gordon Haas, NJ State Association of Jewish Federations
Susan Bass Levin
Josh Pruznasky, Orthodox Union Advocacy Center
Leslie Dannin Rosenthal, Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest
Daniel E. Straus
Roy Tanzman
Labor
Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo, LD-14
Assemblyman Joseph Egan, LD-17
Freeholder Jonathan Young, Camden County
Marie Blistan, NJEA
Kevin Brown, SEIU 32BJ
Dan Cosner, South Jersey Building Trades
Dennis Daggett, ILA
Ed Donnelly, FMBA
Ray Greaves, ATU
Dominick Marino, PFANJ
Ray Pocino, Laborers
Hetty Rosenstein, CWA
Steve Tully, AFSCME
Charlie Wowkanech, AFL-CIO
Latino
Senator Nellie Pou, LD-35
Senator Teresa Ruiz, LD-29
Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, LD-19
Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, LD-20
Freeholder Germaine Ortiz, Bergen County
Mayor Hector Lora, Passaic
Mayor Frank Moran, Camden
Councilman Luis Quintana, Newark
Councilman Anibal Ramos, Newark
Ed Correa, Race Forward
Christian Estevez, Latino Action Network
LGBTQ
Fmr. Governor Jim McGreevey
Freeholder Rebecca Williams, Union County
Mayor Reed Gusciora, Trenton
Mayoral Candidate Julia Fahl, Lambertville
Luanne Peterpaul
Barbra Casbar Siperstein
Steven Goldstein, founder of Garden State Equality
Millennial
Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake, LD-34
Freeholder Sergio Granados, Union County
Freeholder Bill Moen, Camden County
Mayor Michael Venezia, Bloomfield
Councilman James Solomon, Jersey City
Megan Coyne, NJ College Democrats
Zach Dougherty, NJ March For Our Lives
Sara Mora, DREAMer
Susan Ragheb, Hudson County Democrats
Marshall Spevak, NJ Young Democrats
Muslim
Freeholder Assad Akhter, Passaic County
Mayor Ted Green, East Orange
Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin, Teaneck
Mayor Mohamed T. Khairullah, Prospect Park
Councilman Al Abdelaziz, Paterson
Shariq Ahmed, Edison Democrats
Nadia Kahf
Progressive
Senator Joe Cryan, LD-20
Senator Loretta Weinberg, LD-37
Assemblyman Jamel Holley, LD-20
Lizette Delgado-Polanco, NJDSC
Winn Khuong, ATNJ
Marcia Marley, BlueWave NJ
Analia Mejia, Working Families
Transportation & Infrastructure
Senator Troy Singleton, LD-07
Assemblyman Dan Benson, LD-14
Assemblyman Nicholas Chiaravalloti, LD-31
Mayor Chris Bollwage, Elizabeth
Mayor Adrian Mapp, Plainfield
Mayor Nicholas Sacco, North Bergen
Mayor Andrew Sayegh, Paterson
Mayor Brian Stack, Union City
Mayor Richard Turner, Weehawken
Veterans
Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez, LD-05
Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, LD-33
Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker, LD-28
Reverend John Givens, AME Zion Church (Englewood)
Reverend Floyd White, Camden County Veterans Affairs
Freeholder Candidate Shanel Robinson, Somerset County
Ron Aiello, US War Dog Association
Sam Delgado, New Jersey 4 Puerto Rico Relief
Jack Fanous
Doug Quinn
Women’s
Senator Sandra Cunningham, LD-31
Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle – LD37
Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez, LD-32
Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt, LD-06
Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera, LD-04
Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin, LD-18
Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor-Marin, LD-29
Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter, LD-35
Freeholder Shanti Narra, Middlesex County
Freeholder Melissa DeCastro, Salem County
Catherine Brienza, Ridgewood JOLT
Erin Chung, Women for Progress
Nadia Hussain, Passaic County Chair, NJDSC South Asian American Caucus
Patricia Teffenhart
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