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many of the policy influencers have direct,real-time ties to that particular struggle.

But we should also add that this year’s listdoes share something significant with our2017 offering, namely the distinction of anassembly of names listed not because theysignify the broadest shoulders, biggest egos,or loudest voices, but simply because of therigorous quality of their public policyminds.

Just as a reminder for those of you inelected office at the state level who may be tempted to scour the list in search of your own names, please don’t indulge thatvain exploration. You’re not on here – andneither are any of your colleagues. A few ofthe following people may serve in localelected office as citizen – legislators, but inthe main we have taken pains to selectthose individuals noted for the work theydo outside of elected office as they seek to expand the capacities of our collectivepolicy square.

So without further intrusion, we give you InsiderNJ’s 2018 Insider 100 Policy Makers List...

It’s counter intuitive, really, in New Jerseyto even compose a list of wonks.

The state so often – even routinely – prides itself on primitivism, and those sub-human, profane interactions that fall onlyvery loosely within the rubric of politics.And yet – don’t laugh – we have our deepthinkers, and yes they aren’t all se-questered on college campuses with theblinds drawn and one-way tickets out ofhere in the top drawers. Some of themroam freely, in fact, at the Statehouse,testing their intellects out in the arena ofrealpolitik.

This is InsiderNJ’s second such list of New Jersey’s top policymakers, and you’ll findthat it contains several plot points andtwists differentiating it from last year’s inaugural list.

First of all, there’s a new governor this yearin NJ, so many of the minds reflect associ-ations with that new command structure,tapped to serve the top of the governmentfood chain. Second, we assembled thenames on this list during the budget stand-off between Governor Phil Murphy and thelegislative leadership of his own party, so

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2 BOB GORDON

The former state Senatorfrom Bergen County – aformer chair of the SenateTransportation Committee – retired from electedpolitics this year to become a commissioner on theNew Jersey Board of Public Utilities. “A tower ofpolicy” is how former colleague state SenatorKevin O’Toole described him. “There are few policy wonks left,” O’Toole added. “Bob might bethe state’s last intellectual giant.” Governor PhilMurphy apparently agrees, leaning on his fellowIvy League grad for policy assistance, especially onNJ Transit issues.

MARK MAGYAR The ultimate egghead’s egghead, state Senate PresidentSteve Sweeney’s (D-3) policy expert can clear the rooms of

intellectual lightweights and surgically prune mental deadweight withhis deep-in-the-weeds policy chops. A former award-winning AsburyPark Press reporter and NJ Spotlight columnist, Magyar possesses abar none deep reservoir of knowledge, particularly on issues pertainingto long range fiscal planning, housing transportation, the Port Authority, school funding and the Transportation Trust Fund. NewJersey’s consummate policy wonk, he was one of the key drivers behindSweeney’s decision to opt for a corporate business tax as the foundationof the Senate President’s 2019 budget option.

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The President and CEOof the New Jersey Chamberof Commerce leads the state in his expertise of banking issues. He’s especiallyimportant now as a counterweight to a politicalroost ruled by Democrats. All Bracken really hasto do at this point is stand in a room to get lawmakers to nibble meekly out of his hand.

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4 TOMKEAN

Check out this resume: former governor, formerchair of the 911 Commission,former Speaker of the General Assembly, and former President of DrewUniversity. Kean can speak in-depth on just aboutany issue – but it’s curiously the last of his leadershiproles – university president – that makes him a go-topolicy resource on higher education issues. Long ago,playing golf with friends, he weighed in positively onthe prospect of a Governor Phil Murphy. Even whenthey disagree, there’s a bond there.

5The veteran Trenton insider left her role as awell-regarded research aide in the Assembly Majority Office to become theDeputy Chief Counsel to Governor Murphy.There are few smarter on policy than McDonnell,a magna cum laude graduate from the Universityof Notre Dame who both a J.D. from the RutgersSchool of Law – Camden and a master’s degreefrom Rutgers New Brunswick’s Bloustein Schoolof Policy and Planning.

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6 GORDONMACINNES

A former state lawmaker,the head of New Jersey Policy Perspective is one of thestate’s leading experts on state finances, sound investments in economic assets, education, and immigration. Heads up a respected policy team ofRay Castro, Brandon McKoy, Sheila Reynertson,and Erika Nava.

7NJTV's chief political correspondent, a graduate ofHarvard and Princeton, Aronhas a deep knowledge base on all state policy issues. Statehouse reporters toil over multi-sourcedpieces that can’t get to the depth of insight whenever Aron simply opens his mouth. For thoselooking to find the best intel, he remains the closestthing there is to ex cathedra in Trenton.

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The long-serving 20th District State Senator wentout on his shield in a kamikaze gubernatorial bid, but left a big policy legacy inhis wake, particularly in the areas of sports bettingand marriage equality. He’s now started his ownfoundation, The Lesniak Foundation.

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Senate President SteveSweeney’s (D-3) tough guyexecutive director for the NJ Senate Democrats perfectly omplements Magyaras part of Sweeney’s policy persuasion brain trust.

11Governor Murphy’s Chiefof Staff served as chief ofstaff to Governor Dick Codey and schooled himself in public affairs as a lobbyistand Metuchen mayor. This year’s budget processrevealed significant inside game deficits for theMurphy Administration on the war room front, atthe very least, presumably Cammarano’s bailiwick.

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12 MICHELESIKERKA

The President of the NewJersey Business and IndustryAssociation is the state’s leading expert on how government policy decisions impact the state’s business community.

13Speaker Craig Coughlinprioritized experience whenhe tapped former AssemblymanCimino of Hamilton to serve as executive directorof the Assembly Majority Office. Coughlin’ssteadiness through the budget crisis hinged inpart on Cimino’s veteran war room savoir faire.

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14 JENNIFERTAYLOR

The lead Democratic aide for the Assembly Appropriations Committee, Taylor is the go-to person for all budget-relatedpolicy issues.

15The executive director ofthe Education Law Center –a practicing civil rights attorney – knows school funding policy betterthan anyone.

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Deputy Executive Director of the AssemblyMajority Office, Quinn with pen and paper is that quiet assassin who will setabout creating policy the way other people doodle.He also comes equipped with another skill – oftenoverlooked in the Assembly – he can count heads.

17With a strong institutionalknowledge policy base, theformer editorial page editor of the Bergen Record was a heavyweight pickup thisyear for Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-3),who enlisted him to head up communications.

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Wired into North Jerseyand quite simply the state’sleading expert on elections law, you don’t want to see him surface on the otherside of a legal fight.

19Founding director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transporta-tion Center and Deputy Executive Director of NJ TRANSIT, Robins is New Jersey’sforemost transportation expert. From 1994 to1998, he served as project director of the ChrisChristie canceled Access to the Region’s Core(ARC) project.

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The state director for U.S.Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is apeerless policy nerd. He'd have to be, in order to have daily talks with the super-academically inclined junior senator. His expertiseincludes economics, transportation and foreignpolicy.

21Special Counsel to the President of Rutgers University, former Dean of Rutgers School of Law – Newark, former state Attorney General and Acting Governor and former 2011 federal redistricting commissiontiebreaker, Farmer has a broad and highly practiced understanding of government law, particularly in the area of national security.

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22 GURBIRGREWAL

Governor Murphy leanson the Attorney General ofNew Jersey for technical know-how on the intricacies of relating NewJersey Law to the federal level, making the busyGrewal one of Murphy’s most critical cabinetmembers in the era of Murphy antagonist President Donald J. Trump.

23The executive director ofthe state Election Law Enforcement Commission(ELEC) – and professor at the College of NewJersey – is among a handful of real time expertson campaigns and elections law.

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The Smith Mullen PC attorney – a Rutgers grad andlabor and employment expert –worked hand in hand with Senate Majority LeaderLoretta Weinberg (D-37) on pay equity legislationsigned into law by Governor Murphy.

25When it comes to the environment, no one cancompete with the knowledge base of the state director of the Sierra Club –a quote-generating machine and ubiquitous Statehouse presence. He’s defined himself early as a very tough critic of the Murphy Administration.

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Deputy Chief Counsel tothe Governor, Garg clerkedfor New Jersey Supreme CourtChief Justice Stuart Rabner, and focused on antitrust matters, financial investigations, andappellate arguments as an attorney at Paul,Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP inWashington, DC, prior to surfacing in MurphyWorld. Respected.

As he assembled his team in the first year of histenure, the governor selected Platt, formermayor and Harding committeeman, and Glatt,former Summit mayor, to serve as the state’sshared services czars.

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The counsel to the Hudson County DemocraticOrganization (HCDO) had a good year, playing the role of wartime consigliereto Tom DeGise and company in the middle ofthe Stack v. DeGise countywide war. Kleinman’steam came out on the winning end.

29Senior Fiscal Analyst at NewJersey Office of LegislativeServices, Brennan is a transportation policy and planning expert. His mainarea of expertise includes state government, research,policy analysis, labor market analysis, fiscal analysis,demographic and statistical research. Relevant? Senate President Sweeney and Speaker Coughlinwent to war with Governor Murphy over the budgetarmed with OLS numbers, which they defendedunder siege from the Governor.

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Formerly of the BergenRecord, the NJ Spotlight reporter is regarded as the state’snumber one media expert on dense policy subjects,especially the state budget.

31The chief counsel for Governor Murphy is a veteran of the Brookings Institution, where he specialized on advisingmembers of Congress on economic policy.

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A senior contributing analyst with the HughesCenter for Public Policy atStockton University, former Governor Kean’spress secretary is one of the steadiest voices ongovernment, policy and politics. Gravitas personified. We’re fortunate at InsiderNJ tohave him as a contributing columnist.

33The principal at River Crossing Strategies served ascounselor and speechwriter to two governors and was the business partner of the late Jamie Fox, one of the state’s leading state government experts.

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Phil Murphy’s Commissionerof the Department of Environ-mental Protection (DEP) has somestrong policy chops, having served in federal regional administration overseeing operations andregional implementation of all EnvironmentalProtection Administration (EPA) programs inNew Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S.Virgin Islands. She also served as Acting EPA Administrator and Acting Region 2 Administrator in 2017 and was a long-time member of the EPA’sExecutive Management Council.

35The Archer attorney leverages his experience as executive director of the Assembly Majority Office into jack-of-all tradesgovernment affairs policy chops. An expert advocate of marijuana legalization.

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36Commissioner of the NewJersey Department of Transportation, Newark native Gutierrez-Scaccetti studied industrial relations at Rutgersand formerly served as executive director of theNew Jersey Turnpike Authority. She is regardedas one of the most experienced members of theMurphy Administration.

37The State Legislative Director for the GiffordsGroup proved an invaluable resource for Senate Majority Leader Weinberg in the crafting of 2018 gun control legislationsigned into law by Governor Murphy.

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The Deputy Executive Director of the AssemblyMajority Office possesses deepknowledge of state financial issues.

39The Princeton Public Affairs lobbyist – an attorneyby trade – built himself into one of the state’s leading experts on casino gamblingand gaming issues. That puts him in a uniquelypowerful position as New Jersey dives into sportsbetting.

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The former speaker of the general assembly and former Bayonne mayor served as thecommissioner of the Department of CommunityAffairs, making him one of the state’s experts in the relationship between state and local government. A legend in Hudson and mentor tomany in both academia and politics, includingAssemblyman Nick Chiaravalloti (D-31).

41A leading civil rightslawyer, Haygood serves asPresident and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (the “Institute”).Formerly deputy director of litigation at theNAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.(LDF).

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42The Advocacy and Management Group partner served as chief of staff to former Governor (and former Senate President)Codey, and as commissioner of labor. A go-tosource on labor issues.

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45Executive Director of Rutgers University’sBloustein Local GovernmentResearch Center, Dr. Caprio carries out researchand teaching in the area of local and state budgeting and finance, financial management,public sector management and labor law.

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46The Associate Director atFair Share Housing Centeris the New Jersey expert on low income housing and statewide fair shareallocation.

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Chief Executive Officer forNew Jersey Realtors, Grassospent nine years as the organization’s head Trenton lobbyist.

49The New Jersey EducationAssociation (NJEA) directorof research and member of the State Health Benefits Committee is one of NewJersey’s foremost tough questions and answerspolicy advocates. But his world got considerablytougher with Sweeney pawing the turf on theother end of the equation.

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50The Executive Directorof NJ Working Familieshas the street level labor experience to match a strong academic background that includes advanced degrees inpublic affairs, politics and labor. With close tiesto the Murphy Administration, she was up thereonstage with Murphy and other progressive leaders just this week when the governor madehis case for his 2019 Budget.

51The former City of NewarkDirector of Public Policynow serves as Deputy Chief Policy Adviser in the Murphy Administration. A hard-nosed veteran with nearly two decades ofexperience in government at the federal and locallevels, including a stint on the staff of the lateU.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ).

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The former undersecretary inthe U.S. Treasury Department(and Murphy-vanquished candidate for governor in the 2017 Democratic Primary) now serves as special counsel to the governor on Atlantic City.

53Murphy’s Chief Policy Adviser is the former Executive Vice President of SIGNAL Group D.C, a Yale-educated advocacyleader in environment, energy, sustainabilityand climate change policy issues.

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Formerly chief policy counselto Governor Jon Corzine, attorney Davis serves as executive vice presidentof corporate affairs for Barnabas Health. A veteran policy wonk.

55The former 33rd DistrictState Senator remains one of the most educated and incisive people in New Jersey politics, with aHudson County powerbase originating in Hoboken.

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The storied defense attorney(and InsiderNJ legal analyst)who once represented the late BillMusto serves as the go-to expert on all corruptioncases. Throughout the Menendez CorruptionTrial, he strenuously made the case for the seniorsenator’s innocence.

57Murphy’s choice to lead theDepartment of Education, Repollet has one of the most real-world resumes of anyone on this list, havingworked his way up from Carteret principal to superintendent of the Asbury Park School Systemto commissioner of education.

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The Public Policy Executive, President of the Roper Group,served as director of the Office of Newark Metropolitan Studies for the City of Newark, as special assistant to U.S. Department of CommerceSecretary in the Carter Administration and also asdirector of the Department’s Office of State andLocal Government Assistance.

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61The veteran attorney is theRepublican Party’s electionslaw expert – the first phone callGOP power brokers make when they need to untangle a thorny elections issue and the mostfearsome figure on the other side of the divide forDemocrats in elections court cases.

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63The former Assembly Minority Leader now works the hallways as a lead lobbyist for Impact NJ. Former President of the New JerseyRestaurant Association, Gregg knows that nexusof business and government better than anyone.

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65A former mayor of LongHill and a 2017 independentcandidate for governor, the executive director of Courage to Connect NJ is thestate’s leading expert on municipal consolidationand an impassioned voice for shared services.

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67Running for Congress in the 7th District, Democrat Malinowski served as assistant secretary of statewith John Kerry in the Obama Administrationand brings legitimate foreign policy chops to hisbattleground district candidacy.

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No, he didn’t win the Democratic Primary for Congress in the 7th District, butthe Princeton University product from Cranfordremains one the state’s foremost environmental experts as the chief strategist, media spokesmanand community organizer for Clean Water Action.

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Now a judge, the formerVice President of Gov’t Affairsfor UnitedHealth oversaw gov’t advocacy and communication for all UnitedHealthGroup lines of business. A future contender for thestate Supreme Court.

69The veteran Associate Director of New Jersey Citizen Action has one of thedeepest reservoirs of knowledge on all things government in Trenton. Great on pay equity, sheworked hand-in-glove with Weinberg.

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The President and CEO of Advocates for Children of NJ is one of the state’s foremost experts in child welfare,early care and education and health care.

71The Princeton Public Affairs team player has expertise in public sector legislative and regulatory issues, particularly in the area of healthcare. No one better onhealthcare.

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The former Assemblymanfrom Burlington County leadsthe charge for the cannabis industry, and possesses both knowledge on theissue and legislative know-how.

73The Legislative Directorfor state Senator Joe Vitale –chair of the Senate Health Committee – can out-think and out-hustle anyone on the out of network and medical marijuana policy fronts. One of the best preparedpolicy minds in the state.

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Murphy’s Commissioner of Labor has deep, intergener-ational roots in the AmericanLabor movement and federal experience as a veteran of the Obama Administration.

75Representing State Senator Nick Scutari in the courtroom, the Union County attorney was as singularly helpful as anyone insecuring the Union County Democratic Countychairmanship for Scutari. A veteran legal mind.The fact that he counsels Scutari – one of thestate’s premier legal minds – lets you know thedepth of skill here.

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The founder of Paterson-based New Jersey Develop-ment Corporation specializes inurban neighborhood revitalization. He has anally in new Mayor Andre Sayegh.

77Now with Mercury, the former Chief of Staff to U.S.Senator Cory Booker has fewequals in the knowledge of urban government issues. He’s having an especially good year, too, as the firm’s newly promoted partner.

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79The NJ State Police Benevolent Association President is an in-the-trenchestrained expert on public pensions and benefits.

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Scary smart on the budget, he’sstill in the Governor’s Office afterall these years, going back to Corzine and McGreevey, and having served as acting chiefcounsel under Christie. Right now maybe themost veteran intellect in Murphy World, that institutional-tenored voice from the crypt thathaunts those among the governor’s fast-stridingneophyte circle. In the words of one legislative insider, “I don’t how much he’s used over there.”

83Director of EnvironmentNew Jersey, there’s no onebetter in the state on cleanwater issues.

DOUG O’MALLEY82 ROBERT

GERRENGER

NJEA: 200,000 members advocating for educators, students,

families, public schools, and a better New Jersey for everyone.

Edward J. Richardson Steve Swetsky Executive Director Assistant Executive Director™

Marie BlistanPresident

Sean M. SpillerVice President

Steve BeattySecretary-Treasurer

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The departing Paterson CityCouncilman and former headof government affairs now serves vice president of St. Joseph’s Hospital in his hometown of Paterson. An expert on Medicaid.

85The Duane Morris Attorneyis an expert on transportationand casino issues.

PAUL P.JOSEPHSON 84 KEN

MORRIS, JR

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Distinguished Professor ofPublic Policy at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Boustein’sSchool, Van Horn clears the field on workforce, human resources, and employmentpolicy issues.

87The former head of theNY/NJ Baykeeper moved upas the Deputy Commissioner of the DEP, behind McCabe, and possesses environmental policy expertise, legislative skills,and organization credibility.

DEBBIEMANS 86 CARL

VAN HORN


The Magyar-esque policy expert analyzes dynamics between the private sector, the regional economy, infrastructure and government policy for clients of top-notch firm Kivvit, developing policy to guide advocacy on issues suchas the Transportation Trust Fund (Forward NJ),technology innovation, gaming expansion, economic development incentives, and the energymaster plan.

89The bow-tied policy office executive director at the Department of Labor and Workforce Development – former chief of staff to Senator Linda Greenstein – offers the wholepackage of policy and political expertise.

DAVID BANDER88 JONATHAN

SCHARFF

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It’s difficult to summon aname more wired into energypolicy than the Mercer-basedPower, chief of staff for the Board of Public Utilities.

91The executive director ofthe ACLU-NJ, touting abackground in journalism and law, is regarded as a constitutional rights expert.

AMOL SINHA 90 GRACE

STROMPOWER


The staffer supplies policyintel to his boss, Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-21). Invaluable.

93Senior policy fellow at Rutgers University’sBloustein Local Government Research Center, the program’s assistant directorhas expertise in finance and property taxation,public procurement, shared services and consolidation, technology, energy, labor relations,and general government administration. A go-to finance guy.

MARC H.PFEIFFER92 JOHN

KINGSTON

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The Savo Schalk attorney –a municipal law expert – hashad a good year in the courtroomdefining himself as a go-to GOP legal mind onelection and ballot law.

95The longtime DemocraticParty leader, a PhD candi-date, is an expert on labor and Hispanic issues and a deep-crevices driver formore Latino representation.

PATRICIACAMPOS MEDINA94 CHRIS

CORSINI


Heads up Planned Parenthood Action Fund ofNew Jersey.

97The LUPE Fund stapleserves as Director of the Hispanic Policy Research Center.

SARA PENA 96 CHRISTINE

SADOVY

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An engineer by trade, the former assemblyman fromFranklin Township sits on the Board of Public Utilities and combines a rare knowledge base onissues relating to science and technology.

99Federal policy expert inthe office of U.S. SenatorCory Booker (D-NJ).

ZACHMCCUE98UPENDRA

CHIVUKULA


The State Director for Americansfor Prosperity is a leading expert intax impact issues. She racked a win just this week with the Supreme Court decision in the Janus case.

100 ERICA JEDYNAK

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