Nelida Pou's Biography
- State Senate (NJ) - District 35, Democratic Majority Caucus Chair
Contact Information
Campaign
Post Office Box 269
Paterson, NJ 07509
Office
New Jersey Senate
Post Office Box 099
Trenton, NJ 08625-0099
100 Hamilton Plaza
Suite 1405
Paterson, NJ 07505
Full Name:
Nelida Pou
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
05/20/1956
Home City:
Paterson, NJ
Attended, Business Administration, University of Virginia
Attended, Kean College
Attended, Rutgers University
Majority Caucus Chair, New Jersey State Senate, 2022-present
Senator, New Jersey State Senate, District 35, 2012-present
Candidate, New Jersey State Senate, District 35, 2023
Assembly Appropriations Chair, New Jersey General Assembly, 2006-2011
Assembly Member, New Jersey State Assembly, 1997-2011
Deputy Speaker, New Jersey State Assembly, 2002-2005
Assistant Minority Leader, New Jersey State Assembly, 2000-2001
Chair, Commerce Committee
Member, Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity
Vice Chair, Judiciary Committee
Chair, New Jersey Legislative Latino Caucus,, 2006-present
Member, New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1997-present
Former Member, Budget and Appropriations Committee, New Jersey State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Higher Education Committee, New Jersey State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Judiciary Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Member, New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting, present
Member, Passaic County Planning and Policy Partnership Committee, present
Member, Womens Democratic Caucus, present
Chair, Mayor's Health Planning Task Force, 1988-1997
Member, Passaic County-Bergen County HIV Health Services Advisory Council, 1993-1997
Member, Passaic County Human Services Advisory Council, 1991-1995
Member, New Jersey Department of Health, Professional Advisory Committee, 1991-1992
Administrator, City of Patersen, 1986-present
Assistant Business Administrator, City of Paterson, present
Chair, City of Paterson, Department of Human Resources, 1983-1997
Member, Disparity in State Procurement Study Commission, present
Member, National Council of State Legislators, present
Member, National Foundation of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, present
Member, National Foundation of Women Legislators, present
Member, National Order of Women Legislators, present
Member, New Jersey Complete Count Commission for the 2020 Census, present
Member, New Jersey Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission, present
Member, Women in Government, present
Member, Task Force for Continued Transformation of Youth Justice in New Jersey
Commissioner, Paterson Public Library Board of Trustees, 1983-1984