Mayor Janice Kovach of Clinton Town Elected NJLM President

Trenton, NJ – Mayor Janice Kovach of Clinton Town is the new President of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Mayor Kovach, who previously served as the League’s 1^st Vice President, was elected at the League of Municipalities’ Annual Business Meeting held virtually in conjunction with the 105^th Annual League Conference.

As President of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, Mayor Kovach will help lead the Association of New Jersey’s 565 municipal governments. She will represent the interests and needs of New Jersey’s local elected officials to county, state, and federal governments.

Mayor Kovach has served as Mayor of Clinton Town since 2012. Prior to joining state government, she was a Councilwoman in the Town of Clinton, serving as the Planning Board Liaison, Chair of the COAH committee, and the Historic Preservation Commission. She resigned her Town Council seat when she assumed the Director’s job of the New Jersey Division on Women, serving from August 2006 until September 2010. As the former Director, Mayor Kovach was a member of the Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board; Gender Parity Council and the NJ Commission on Women Veterans; Governor’s Advisory Council Against Sexual Assault; Governor’s Advisory Council on Domestic Violence; New Jersey Commission on the Status of Women

As a resident of Clinton, Mayor Kovach served as a Trustee of the Red Mill Museum Village and President and Trustee of the CPS Partners in Education Foundation, Inc. In October 2004, she was appointed to the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council and served until May 2010. She is a Leadership NJ Fellow-class of 2009. She was appointed to the Hunterdon County Polytech School Board in March 2011 and served until October 2013. She has served as a member of the United Way Women’s Leadership Council and as an executive board member and chair of the education and training committee of the NJ Women’s Political Caucus.

Mayor Kovach is also a Commissioner for the NJ Motion Picture and Television Commission, which provides production tools, financial incentives, and information about productions in the state of New Jersey.

In addition to her role as Mayor, she has taken the passion for her work at the Division and parlayed it into a non-government role, speaking at events about her personal experiences and the role that women can and should play in business, government, and politics. Kovach and her business partner established the River Town Film Festival in 2017. She has worked as a consultant for several companies. Previously she was a Director with Prudential, managing a 24/7 call center and a Marketing Project Management Group. She has also held management positions with Fleet and NatWest Banks.

Mayor Kovach has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Thomas Edison State College.

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