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Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, Big Ben Community College Army Quartermaster School
  • Attended, Temple University Overseas Division
  • BA, Political Science, University of Puerto Rico

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Big Ben Community College Army Quartermaster School
  • Attended, Temple University Overseas Division
  • BA, Political Science, University of Puerto Rico
  • Director of Constituent Services, Camden County, New Jersey, present
  • Former Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Cooper’s Ferry Development Association
  • Former Executive Assistant, Office of Camden Mayor Arnold Webster
  • Community Development Specialist, Camden County Improvement Authority, 1998-2013
  • Sergeant, United States Army, 1981-1987

Political Experience

  • Attended, Big Ben Community College Army Quartermaster School
  • Attended, Temple University Overseas Division
  • BA, Political Science, University of Puerto Rico
  • Director of Constituent Services, Camden County, New Jersey, present
  • Former Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Cooper’s Ferry Development Association
  • Former Executive Assistant, Office of Camden Mayor Arnold Webster
  • Community Development Specialist, Camden County Improvement Authority, 1998-2013
  • Sergeant, United States Army, 1981-1987
  • Senator, New Jersey State Senate, District 5, 2014-present
  • Former Member, Camden City Committee
  • Former Member, Camden County Committee
  • Democratic Vice Chair, New Jersey Congressional Reapportionment Commission, 2011-2012
  • Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, 1995-2010
  • Deputy Majority Leader, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2008-2010
  • Assistant Majority Leader, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2002-2008

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Camden City Zoning Board of Adjustment

Former Member, Camden Mayor Advisory Board

Former Member, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, New Jersey State Senate

Former Member, New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission

Former Member, New Jersey Redistricting Commission

Former Vice Chair, State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee, New Jersey State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, New Jersey State Senate

Member, New Jersey Legislative Apportionment Commission, 2010-2011

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Budget and Appropriations Committee

Chair, Economic Growth Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Housing Affordability

Vice Chair, Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

Member, Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Big Ben Community College Army Quartermaster School
  • Attended, Temple University Overseas Division
  • BA, Political Science, University of Puerto Rico
  • Director of Constituent Services, Camden County, New Jersey, present
  • Former Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Cooper’s Ferry Development Association
  • Former Executive Assistant, Office of Camden Mayor Arnold Webster
  • Community Development Specialist, Camden County Improvement Authority, 1998-2013
  • Sergeant, United States Army, 1981-1987
  • Senator, New Jersey State Senate, District 5, 2014-present
  • Former Member, Camden City Committee
  • Former Member, Camden County Committee
  • Democratic Vice Chair, New Jersey Congressional Reapportionment Commission, 2011-2012
  • Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, 1995-2010
  • Deputy Majority Leader, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2008-2010
  • Assistant Majority Leader, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2002-2008
  • Vice Chair, New Jersey State Democratic Committee, 2015-present
  • Member, Rutgers-Camden University Board of Directors, 2014-present
  • Member, South Jersey Eye Center Board, present
  • Former Trustee, Battleship New Jersey
  • Former Board Member, National Puerto Rican Coalition
  • Former Board Member, Steininger Behavioral Care Services
  • Former Board Member, Volunteers of America
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