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Robert Gordon's Biography

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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)

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