Full Name:
Robert M. Gordon
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Gail
Birth Date:
07/03/1950
Birth Place:
Paterson, New Jersey
Home City:
Fair Lawn, NJ
BA, Political Economy, Williams College
MPP, Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley
MBA, Finance and Health Care Management, Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, 2015-2019
Public Utilities Commissioner, State of New Jersey, 2018-present
Member, Wharton Club of New Jersey
Senator, New Jersey State Senate, District 38, 2008-2018
Majority Conference Leader, New Jersey State Senate, 2012-2017
Assembly Member, New Jersey State Assembly, District 38, 2004-2007
Speaker, New Jersey State Assembly, 2006
Member, Fair Lawn Borough Council, 1986-1995
Member, Fair Lawn Planning Board, 1986-1995
Mayor, Fair Lawn Borough, 1988-1991
Member, New Jersey Red Tape Review Commission, 2015-present
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Vice Chair, Environment and Solid Waste Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Member, Health and Senior Services Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Member, Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, New Jersey State Senate
Former Chair, Legislative Oversight Committee, New Jersey State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Transportation Committee, New Jersey State Senate
Chair, Fair Lawn Ethics Board, 1999-2003
Senior Vice President, Avison Young Commercial Real Estate, 2015-present
Founder/Managing Member, The Goldfinch Group, 2010-2015
Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Emergency Management Advisors, Limited Liability Corporation, present, 1998-2005
Management Consultant, APM Management Consultants, 1994-1998
Managing Consultant, Amherst Group Limited, 1991-1992
Aide, New Jersey Office of the Governor, 1990-1991
Consultant/Author, Partnership for New Jersey, 1989-1990
Vice President/Co-owner, Morris Gordon Yarns, 1984-1989
Manager, A.T. Kearney, 1979-1983
Analyst, United States Congressional Budget Office, 1975-1977
Former Board Member, Barnert Hospital
Fellow (Charter Class of 1987) & Former Board Member, Leadership New Jersey
Co-Founder/Former Executive Board Member, River Road (Fair Lawn) Improvement Corporation
Member, Wharton Healthcare Management Association
Former Class Agent & Associate Agent, Williams College Society of Alumni
Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1988, 1992, 2008, 2012
Chair, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, 1993-1998
Commissioner, Fair Lawn Fire Board, 1986-1995
Publications:
Essentials of Emergency Management for Local Government (Bergen Municipal Joint Insurance Fund, 2000)
Governing New Jersey--The Toughest Management and Policy-Making Jobs in Trenton (The Partnership for New Jersey, 1989)