WDB Staff and Board Members

Chief Elected Officials

Mayor Steven Fulop
Mayor of Jersey City
Chief Elected Official
Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive
Hudson County Executive
Chief Elected Official

Elected Officers

Rosemary McFadden, Vice-Chair
Jersey City Economic Development Corporation
293 Academy Street, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Term expires 11/30/25
ROGER JONES, Chairperson
Jones & Associates Communications, Inc.
President & CEO
Term expires 11/30/2023

Private Industry

Darrell Laval
Community Activist
Retired Jersey City resident
Term expires 11/30/25
Dr. Jennifer Jones
Retired
Hudson County resident
Term expires 11/30/2021
PAVAN ATTUR
Hudson Regional Hospital
55 Meadowlands Parkway, Secaucus, NJ 07094
Term expires 11/30/2021
VID BAHADUR
New Jersey Small Business Development Center at NJCU
285 West Side Avenue-Suite 199, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Term expires 11/30/2021
BEATRIZ BALDWIN
Goodwill Industries of Greater NY & Northern NJ
982 Broad Street-Suite 200-2nd Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
Term expires 11/30/2021
CHRISTIAN BLISS
PSE&G
80 Park Plaza-10th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
Term expires 11/30/2021
DR. GEORGE BLOUNT
National Career Institute
900 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Term expires 11/30/2021
SETH KRAMER
Goldman Sachs
New York City, NY
Term expires 11/30/2021
KHOA LE
Kvibe Productions, LLC
186 Griffith Street, Jersey City, NJ 07307
Term expires 11/30/2021
DOROTA MANI
Cafe Peanut
586 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Term expires 11/30/2021
ANDREW CAMPBELL
Eastern Millwork
President, CEO
Term expires 11/30/2023

Economic Development Corporation Members

MICHELLE RICHARDSON
Hudson County Economic Development Corporation
830 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Term expires 11/30/2022
Rosemary McFadden, Vice-Chair
Jersey City Economic Development Corporation
293 Academy Street, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Term expires 11/30/25
FLORENCE BARON
Jersey City Economic Development Corporation
298 Academy Street, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Term expires 11/30/2022

Community Based Organizations

ELAINE DAWSON
Urban League of Hudson County
253 Martin Luther King Drive, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Term expires 11/30/2021
SISTER ROSEANN MAZZEO
WomenRising
WomenRising
Term expires 11/30/2022
REKHA NANDWANI
ISAAW
Jersey City, NJ
Term expires 11/30/2021
NIKKETTA PRESSLEY-WALSH
New Jersey Youth Corps
NJCU Grossnickle Hall-Room 415, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Term expires 11/30/2021

Organized Labor Members

NICHOLAS JAYME
Teamsters Local 560
707 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
Term expires 11/30/2021
GREG HANCOX
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 59
P.O. Box 3122, Secaucus, NJ 07096
Term expires 11/30/2021
PATRICK KELLEHER
Hudson County Building Trades Council - Plumbers Local 24
20 Fairfield Place, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Term expires 11/30/2021

Education Members

Amy Degise
Hudson County Schools of Technology
Education Members
Esmeralda Doreste-Roman
Union City Board of Education
Director of Special Education
Term expires 11/30/2022
Lori Margolin
Hudson County Community College
Term expires 11/30/2022

Government Partners

William Schulz
Manager I
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Term expires 11/30/2022
Sharita Brown
Manager
Jersey City One-Stop Career Center
Term expires 11/30/2022
Stacey Flanagan
JC Department of Health & Human Services
Term expires 11/30/2022