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Gerard Scharfenberger's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

New Jersey General Assembly
State House
P.O. Box 098
Trenton, NJ 08625-0098

1715 Highway 35N., Suite 306
Middletown, NJ 07748

Office of Legislative Services
Office of Public Information
State House Annex
Room B50
Post Office Box 068
Trenton, NJ 08625-0068

Full Name:

Gerard 'Gerry' P. Scharfenberger

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Geraldine; 2 Children

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, NY

Home City:

Middletown, NJ, NJ

BA, Anthropology, Rutgers University

MA, Anthropology, Hunter College

Ph.D, Anthropology, City University of New York, 2005

Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 13, 2020-present

Candidate, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 13, 2023

Freeholder, Monmouth County, New Jersey, District At-Large, 2018-2019

Mayor, Middletown Township, New Jersey, 2007-2008, 2010, 2013, 2016-2017

Deputy Mayor, Middletown Township, New Jersey, 2006, 2009

Member, Budget Committee, New Jersey General Assembly, 2023-present

Member, Environment and Solid Waste Committee, New Jersey General Assembly, 2023-present

Member, Higher Education Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2023-present

Member, Regulated Professions Committee, New Jersey General Assembly, 2023-present

Professor, Monmouth University, present

Former Member, Transition Team, Christie Administration

Commissioner/Chair, Middletown Township Landmarks Commission, 1996-present, 2011-present

Board Member, Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity of Monmouth, present

Executive Director, New Jersey Business Action Center

Member, Middletown Township Committee, 2005-2018

NJ Director, Office for Planning Advocacy, 2010-2018

Director, Office of Planning Advocacy, 2010-2018

Board Member, Middletown Zoning Board of Adjustment, 2003-2004

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