Menendez for Senate Campaign Announces Leadership Councils

Councils consists 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

Karen 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 Spevack, 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

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

Doug Quinn

Women’s

Senator Sandra Cunningham, LD-31

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

Erin Chung, Women for Progress

Nadia Hussain, MomsRising

Patricia Teffenhart

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