Above: LD11 Senator Vin Gopal

The State of New Jersey is house to the third largest proportion of Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) residents, with the AAPI neighborhood among the many fastest-growing within the state usually, in addition to among the many state’s voters.  In November of final yr, the Governor signed laws establishing the ‘Asian American Pacific Islander Fee’ within the Division of State, and lately introduced the membership of the fee (learn extra right here).

As Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month involves an in depth, the next is a tribute to the AAPI neighborhood in New Jersey and highlights a few of these neighborhood members who’re making strides in several spheres of the state: amongst them, veteran officers, policymakers, advocates and activists, and up-and-comers on the planet of presidency and politics.

Momtahina Afrin: New Jersey Citizen Motion Communications Director

A rising star within the Bangladeshi Group in Atlantic County, Afrin served as Director of Constituent Providers in LD 2 earlier than transferring on to changing into the Communications Director for NJ Citizen Motion.

Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman: Former Paterson Councilman

The previous Ward 2 Councilman in Paterson was the primary member of town’s giant Bengali neighborhood to win a council seat in 2021.

Assad Akhter: College Hospital, Performing Director of Public Affairs

Assad serves because the Performing Director of Public Affairs for College Hospital. He’s a former Passaic Commissioner and former Deputy Chief of Employees to Congressman Invoice Pascrell.

Natasha Alagarasan:  Princeton Communications Group Communications Director

Leaving her function as Deputy Director of Communications on the New Jersey Division of Human Providers, Natasha Alagarasan, a former author and producer, joined Princeton Strategic Communications (PSC) as a Communications Director efficient in 2021.

Mussab Ali: Ali Management Institute/ Jersey Metropolis BOE CEO/BOE Member

Mussab Ali is a Harvard Legislation scholar, and a latest Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Rutgers-Newark College. Mussab was elected to the Jersey Metropolis Board of Schooling in 2017 and have become the youngest elected official in Jersey Metropolis historical past in addition to the youngest Muslim elected official within the nation. In 2021, Mussab was elected the youngest BOE president in metropolis historical past.

Karlito Almeda: Workplace of Assemblywoman Ellen Park Chief of Employees

A former LD39 Meeting candidate, Almeda, 26, a Mahwah resident, is a former Deputy Legislative Director for Senate Majority Chief Loretta Weinberg. A Filipino American, he serves as Assemblywoman Ellen Park’s Chief of Employees.

Arvin Amatorio: Bergenfield Mayor

Born within the Philippines to 2 public faculty lecturers, Amatorio moved to america with spouse in

2002.  Amatorio was elected as a Councilman in 2014 and elected Mayor in 2019 and have become Bergenfield’s second Fillipino Mayor in 20 years and solely the second Filipino elected to workplace in New Jersey.

Sivaraman Anbarasan: Franklin Councilman

Anbarasan was most lately the Govt Director/CEO of the NJ Group Faculty Consortium for Workforce & Financial Growth. He labored in greater schooling for over 14 years at Camden County Faculty and Sussex County Group Faculty after spending 24 years within the IT trade. He additionally serves as Commissioner on the Franklin Township Sewerage Authority.

Mishael Azam: UnitedHealthcare Vice President of Exterior Affairs

Becoming a member of UHG in 2018, Azam has beforehand served because the Chief Working Officer and Senior Supervisor of Legislative Affairs on the Medical Society of New Jersey. Beforehand, Ms. Azam served because the Director of Coverage to the Majority Chief within the New Jersey Meeting Majority Workplace. Ms. Azam is an elected member of the Camden County Democratic Committee and an appointee to the Haddonfield Environmental Fee.

Rahat Babar: Governor’s Workplace Particular Counsel to Governor

Babar oversees all high-profile litigation for the Governor’s workplace and beforehand served as a particular assistant to Lawyer Normal Christopher Porrino and as director of Group Engagement below Lawyer Normal Gurbir Grewal.  He’s the previous president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Affiliation of Pennsylvania.

Kinn Badger: Murphy for Governor Senior Advisor for AAPI and Religion-Based mostly Outreach

A guide and marketing campaign aide to Murphy and Gopal, Badger has served as govt director of the Monmouth County Democratic Occasion.  As Senior Advisor for AAPI and Religion-Based mostly Outreach for Governor Murphy’s re-election marketing campaign, Badger was crucial in getting out the vote of the state’s largest rising minority neighborhood.

Azra Baig: Division of Well being Mission Specialist

Baig is a former member South Brunswick BOE. She is a registered nurse who works on the New Jersey Division of Well being as a Mission Specialist. She is the primary Muslim and first American-Pakistani to serve on the South Brunswick College Board.

Rajpal Bathtub: Governor’s Workplace Aide AAPI Outreach

Bathtub serves because the Governor’s prime lieutenant and liasion between the entrance workplace and the state’s AAPI neighborhood, and has served as an organizer for NJ Citizen Motion, a enterprise consultant for Foremost Road Alliance, and at present serves in Governor Murphy’s administration. Bathtub has sturdy ties to the Burlington County Democrats and based the Burlington County Younger Democrats.

Dinesh Behal: East Brunswick Councilman

In February 2021, Behal was appointed to the council seat left vacant by Assemblyman Sterley Stanley. He gained re-election in November. He’s an insurance coverage agent and actual property investor.

Ravi Bhalla: Hoboken Mayor

Previous to changing into mayor, Bhalla served on town council in Hoboken and in 2017 was elected New

Jersey’s first Sikh mayor, in addition to the primary elected mayor in america who’s a Sikh and wears a turban. Ravi earned nationwide recognition within the New York Occasions for his authorized advocacy after struggling a violation of his personal constitutional and civil rights throughout a jail go to to a consumer. The incident motivated Ravi to guide a profitable marketing campaign to reform the federal authorities’s visitation insurance policies at correctional services nationwide.

Sam Bobila: AAPI Activist and Fundraiser

Bobila is a fundraising and communications govt for a sexual and reproductive well being care group, and chairs an advisory group for an NJ Normal Meeting Member and actively participates in state and native politics. She additionally serves on the board of Motion Collectively New Jersey, the board of the Trenton Circus Squad, a circus arts non-profit. Bobila maintains membership within the Affiliation of Fundraising Professionals, Girls of Shade in Fundraising and Philanthropy, and Skilled Filipino American Youth.

Salma Chand: Governor’s Workplace Senior Counsel

Chand serves as senior counsel for Governor Murphy. Previous to that, Chand labored within the NJDOE, was an affiliate counsel for the Governor, and was an legal professional at Mason, Griffin & Pierson, PC.

Ayesha Chaudhary: Monmouth County Democratic State Committeewoman

A resident of Manalapan, Chaudhary is a health care provider who tended to over 300 victims of Hurricane Sandy. She was re-elected as Monmouth County State Committeewoman in March of 2021.

Vijay Chaudhuri: Hoboken Communications Supervisor

Vijay Chaudhuri labored in quite a lot of capacities earlier than serving below Hoboken Mayors Ravi Bhalla and Daybreak Zimmer. Beforehand, he labored for US Consultant Joe Crowley (D-NY), together with serving as Marketing campaign Supervisor on one in every of his re-election campaigns.  Chaudhuri has additionally served as Marketing campaign Supervisor of Edison Mayor Jun Choi’s re-election marketing campaign.

Upendra Chivukula: Former Assemblyman and NJBPU Commissioner

Chivukula made historical past as the primary AAPI member of the state Legislature representing LD17 from 2002-2014.  An engineer, he ran for Congress in 2012 towards then-Rep. Lance, and at present serves as a Commissioner on the NJBPU.

Intashan Chowdhury: Prospect Park Borough Administrator

Chowdhury, 25,  is believed to be the youngest Enterprise Administrator within the state and first of Bengali descent within the nation. A local of Paterson and a first-generation American, he beforehand interned for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker,  Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, and served as a public coverage fellow for Montgomery County, MD Division of Expertise Providers.

Subrata Chowdhury: Atlantic Metropolis BOE Commissioner

Chowdhury serves on the Atlantic Metropolis Board of Schooling.

Jannie Chung: Closter Councilwoman

Chung was elected as the primary ever Korean-American official in Closter and at present serves on the Human Assets Committee, Public Security, and Public Works Committee (as Performing Chair). She additionally sits on the Zoning Board of Adjustment and Board of Well being as council liaison.

Chris Chung: Palisades Park Mayor

First elected to the council in 2013, Chung in 2019 turned the primary Korean-American to grow to be mayor in his borough, the place greater than 50 p.c of the inhabitants is of Korean ancestry. He works as director of operations for International Administration, LLC. in Fort Lee.

Buddy Deauna: Bergenfield Council President

Deauna serves as Council President of the Bergenfield Council, which serves one of many largest Filipino communities within the state.

Sangeeta Doshi: Cherry Hill Councilwoman

Born in Jabalpur, M.P., India and immigrated to the U.S. together with her household when she was two years outdated. She has lived in Cherry Hill, NJ since 1996. Sangeeta is a telecommunications govt and small enterprise proprietor.

Robert Area: Governor’s Workplace Senior Aide-IGA

Adopted from an orphanage in India, rising star Area acquired his political begin working for the Somerset County Democrats, and has labored for distinguished elected officers on each the political or authorities facet together with Senator Menendez, Rep. Watson Coleman, Jersey Metropolis Mayor Fulop, USDOT Secretary Buttigieg and Governor Murphy.

Shala Gagliardi: CD11 Constituent Providers Supervisor

A longtime Chatham Township resident, the lawyer and mom of three works for Rep. Sherrill because the supervisor of constituent relations. She ran for Morris County Clerk in 2018.

Parimal Garg: Governor’s Workplace Chief Counsel

The Governor’s Chief Counsel, Garg beforehand served as a Senior Coverage Advisor throughout the Murphy gubernatorial marketing campaign. He additionally clerked for New Jersey Supreme Court docket Chief Justice Stuart Rabner and as an legal professional at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in Washington, DC.

Sonia Gawas: West Windsor Council President

Gawas at present serves as Council President for West Windsor Township.

Sonia Das: DasWorks Founder

Das based DasWorks in 2016, and beforehand labored on campaigns and within the places of work of Governors Jim McGreevey and Richard Codey. She later served as a Senior Analysis Affiliate within the New Jersey Senate Democratic Majority Workplace, as Chief of Employees for Senator Weinberg, and Vice President of Authorities Affairs at AMG.

Elizabeth George-Cheniara: NJEDA Deputy Chief of Employees

A West Windsor BOE member, Elizabeth serves because the NJEDA’s Deputy Chief of Employees on the NJEDA and beforehand was the vice chairman of authorized and regulatory affairs for the NJ Builders Affiliation for over ten years.

Jash Gill: Workplace of Assemblyman Raj Mukherji Chief of Employees

Assemblyman Mukherji’s Chief of Employees since 2021, Gill is an legal professional and beforehand interned for Mukherji and Senator Gopal and has labored with the LD38 legislative workplace.

Raj Goomer: Hoagland Longo Moran Dunst Doukas Companion

As a part of his work with the Sikh American Authorized Protection and Schooling Fund, Goomer has labored with the NJ Division of Justice, US Division of Homeland Safety, NYC Board of Schooling, NJ Police Academy and numerous native police departments relating to minority neighborhood consciousness schooling and hate crime points.

Vin Gopal: LD11 Senator

Essentially the most distinguished South Asian voice within the Senate, Gopal was the primary Indian American to be elected

to the Senate in 2017.  Gopal attended each Penn State and Rutgers, and beforehand served as Monmouth County Democratic Chairman.

Gurbir Grewal: Former NJ Lawyer Normal

Grewal made historical past as the primary Sikh to function an legal professional basic below Governor Murphy.  He now at present serves because the SEC Enforcement Division Director.

Balpreet Grewal-Virk: Hackensack Meridian Well being / Bergen County Dems Vice President of Group Engagement/ Vice Chair of Bergen Dems

The kid of immigrants from Punjab, India, Grewal was born and raised in Bergen County and is energetic on the political circuit, having been concerned in a number of campaigns together with these for Senator Booker, Senator Menendez, and Hillary Clinton. She made historical past when she was confirmed as Commissioner on the Gateway mission in 2020 and is at present the co-chair of the fee.

Archana Grover: South Brunswick Councilwoman

Grover was appointed to the township council in 2018 following the demise of former Mayor Christopher Killmurray. Grover was born in India and got here to america when she was 21 years outdated. She has been working since 1999 as a store steward for native unions in Middlesex County specializing in discrimination within the workplaces.

Peter Guindi: South River Councilman

Guindi is a lifelong resident and Councilman of South River, having lived within the borough for 49 years. He owns a small enterprise, Perfection Imaging LLC, in South River, and is the Security, Fleet and Compliance supervisor for C3 Applied sciences LLC in North Brunswick. Guindi gained re-election in November.

Mahen Gunaratna: Governor’s Workplace Communications Director

Mahen Gunaratna serves as Governor Murphy’s Communications Director. He beforehand served as Deputy Communications Director to NYC Mayor Invoice de Blasio. In 2016, he served as Florida Communications Director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential marketing campaign. In 2012, he labored as New Mexico and Arizona Communications Director for Obama for America, serving because the President’s regional spokesman for the Southwest.

Shama Haider: LD37 Assemblywoman

Born and raised in Pakistan, the place she served as a secretary to Nusrat Bhutto, Haider emigrated to america in 1977. She was elected in each 2001 and 2015 to serve on the Tenafly, New Jersey Borough Council. Within the November 2021 basic election, she was elected collectively together with her working mates Gordon M. Johnson to the Senate and Ellen Park within the Meeting, making her and Sadaf Jaffer as the primary Muslim ladies to serve within the NJ state legislature.

Lisa Hou: Division of Army and Veteran Affairs Adjutant Normal and Commissioner Brigadier

Brigadier Normal Hou instructions the greater than 8,400 Troopers and Airmen of the New Jersey Nationwide Guard. She leads, directs, and manages the NJDMVA within the execution of federal and state missions.  Previous to this, Brigadier Normal Hou served because the Assistant Commissioner for Operations, Deputy Adjutant Normal (DAG) for New Jersey.

Kent Huang: Montgomery Committeeman

A associate at Mount Lucas Administration LP, Huang was elected to Montgomery Township committee in 2019. Kent graduated cum laude from Rutgers College with a Bachelor of Science diploma in Finance. He’s a CFA charterholder and a licensed Monetary Threat Supervisor (FRM).

Amirah Hussain: Workplace of Assemblyman Herb Conaway Director of Coverage

Hussain serves because the Director of Coverage for Assemblyman Herb Conaway. She assists with coverage analysis, responding to invoice help and opposition and staffing the Assemblyman within the appropriations committee. She beforehand served as Director Of Constituent Relations and Outreach and Affected person Entry Consultant at Robert Wooden Johnson College Hospital. She attended Rutgers College

S. Nadia Hussain: Bloomingdale BOE BOE Member

Hussain at present serves on the Bloomingdale Board of Schooling. She is the Senior Marketing campaign Director for MomsRising in addition to the ACLU-NJ’s consultant for the Nationwide Board of Administrators of the ACLU. She is the co-founder of the Bangladeshi American Girls’s Growth Initiative (BAWDI), a neighborhood initiative empowering Bangladeshi ladies and women in NJ.

Sadaf Jaffer: LD16 Assemblywoman

Previous to being elected to the Meeting in November 2021, Jaffer served two phrases as mayor of

Montgomery Township, New Jersey. In January of 2019, she turned the primary South Asian lady to function mayor of a municipality within the state, and the primary Muslim lady to function mayor of a municipality within the nation. She and Shama Haider turned the primary Muslims to serve within the NJ State Legislature after the latest election.

Winfield Jai: Workplace of Mayor Keith Kazmark Aide

Jai, a resident of Bergen County, serves as a staffer for Woodland Park Mayor Keith Kazmark and beforehand as a particular assistant to Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh. His connections to the Chinese language neighborhood have been crucial in getting out the vote for Governor Murphy within the 2021 election.

Ajmar (AJ) Johal: Carteret Councilman

A resident of Carteret for greater than three many years, Johal joined Carteret’s council in 2016, making him the 2nd Sikh to be elected within the State. Vice chair of the Carteret Enterprise Partnership, he has served as a member of the Carteret Municipal Alliance, Board of Trustees for the Free Public Library, the Recreation Fee, the Charity Belief Fund and the governing physique of Gurdwara Dashmesh Darbar, a Sikh temple in Carteret.

Dr. Kyati Joshi: Professor

Dr. Joshi is a scholar and author on problems with race, faith, and immigration, and has authored a number of books.  She engages educators, policy-makers, and neighborhood leaders in inspecting the historic and systemic nature of bias. She is married to Passaic County Fee John Bartlett.

Sam Joshi: Edison Mayor

Born and raised in Edison, Joshi was lately elected the primary Indian mayor of Edison, which has one in every of

the most important Indian communities within the state. He was beforehand Edison’s Council Vice President. When he was elected as an at-large Councilmember at 27-years-old, Joshi was the youngest elected official in Edison’s historical past.

AJ Joshi: Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Schooling BOE Member

Joshi serves on the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Schooling and is a Environmental Scientist at NJ Division of Environmental Safety. He has over 9 years of expertise on the Board of Schooling.

Shahin Khalique: Paterson Ward 2 Councilman

Khalique is the present Ward 2 Councilman in Paterson, the second Bengali elected to town’s governing physique.

Annie Khoa: Workplace of the Secretary of Greater Schooling Senior Advisor

A primary-generation, low-income faculty graduate and the daughter of Cambodian refugees, Khoa is obsessed with accelerating socioeconomic mobility and increasing alternative to college students and households who’ve been traditionally marginalized. She was beforehand a Senior Strategist for Blue State, a guide for Princeton College and Deputy Marketing campaign Supervisor for Vivek Viswanathan for California Treasurer.

Andy Kim: CD3 Congressman

Elected to the Home of Representatives at simply 36 years outdated, Kim, the primary Democratic Congressional

member of Korean descent, was a Rhodes scholar and beforehand labored on the U.S. State Division. He served in Afghanistan as a civilian adviser to Generals David Petraeus and John R. Allen earlier than working as a nationwide safety adviser below President Barack Obama.

Stephany Kim Chohan: Highland Park Councilwoman

Stephany joined Highland Park’s Council in March of 2017. A Department Supervisor and Enterprise Growth Officer for BCB Your Group Financial institution, she grew up in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of a Korean immigrant father and African American mom.

Kris Kolluri: Camden Group Partnership Inc. CEO

Kolluri, a former NJDOT Commissioner, performed an instrumental function in growing New Jersey’s ARC mission funding technique whereas overseeing 17,000 workers, greater than $3.6 billion in capital funds, and over $2 billion in working funds. He at present serves because the president and CEO of Camden Group Partnership Inc., an financial and neighborhood improvement nonprofit.

Lauren Lalicon: Workplace of the First Woman Coverage Director

A Filipino American inside the interior circle of First Woman Tammy Murphy, Lauren has targeted on maternal well being that shined a light-weight on the state’s underserved neighborhood. She additionally served on the Governor’s re-election marketing campaign in 2021 as a senior organizer for Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach. She helped in participating AAPI communities, together with Korean, Chinese language, Vietnamese, and Filipino communities. She can be the Govt Director of Skilled Filipino American Youth (PFAY), Vice Chair for the New Jersey chapter of the Nationwide Federation of Filipino American Associations, and an alumni of the Filipino Younger Leaders Program (FYLPRO).

Christine Lee: Kivvit Senior Affiliate

A Korean American, Christine served as a Deputy Press Secretary to Governor Phil Murphy till 2021 and at present works at Kivvit as a Senior Affiliate.

Neela Mahbuba: County of Passaic Public Data Officer

Neela Mahbuba, a Bengali American, is a Public Data Officer for the County of Passaic. She additionally serves as a U.S. Coordinator for Egypt Pupil Internship Program x S.L.A.

Hemant Marathe: West Windsor Mayor

Marathe first turned Mayor in 2017 and was re-elected in November. He was the primary Indian American Mayor of West Windsor. He has lived in West Windsor since 1994, and served 12 years on the varsity board – 9 as president – and was elected to the Metropolis Council in 2016. He has additionally served as council liaison to the Inexpensive Housing Committee, Zoning Board, and the Parking Authority.

Krishna Martes: Workplace of Senator Vin Gopal Legislative Aide

Krishna Martes, an Indian American, has served as a Legislative Aide for Senator Vin Gopal since 2020. Martes is a graduate of NYU.

Sabeen Masih: Capital Influence Group VP

A Capital Influence Group Vice President, Masih has been a major participant in Trenton politics since 2015. She at present serves as Vice President of Public Affairs. She additionally based the rising group Asian American of Trenton Networking Group.

Rik Mehta: CD6 Main Congressional Candidate

Dr. Rik Mehta is a father, husband, biotech entrepreneur and a world healthcare coverage professional. A pharmacist and lawyer, Dr. Mehta was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 and set the file for probably the most votes ever obtained by a Republican statewide candidate in New Jersey.  He’s at present working within the GOP major in CD6.

Rajesh Mehta: North Brunswick Councilman

Mehta was sworn in as Councilman in April 2021 after Claribel Cortes turned Middlesex County Surrogate. Mehta has been residing in North Brunswick since 1999 and is a member of the township’s Municipal Alliance and Heritage Day committees.  Mehta retired as a supervisor with the U.S. Postal Service in September 2017.

Venugopal Menon: Tenafly Councilman

Menon serves on the Tenafly Council.

Anjali Mehrotra: NOW-NJ President

Mehrotra serves as President of the Nationwide Group of Girls-NJ chapter and beforehand ran for Meeting in LD21.  She is columnist for

Insider NJ.

Rianna Moonsammy: Workplace of Assemblyman Sterley Stanley Chief of Employees

Moonsammy began her political profession with the Middlesex County Democratic Group serving to to run outreach and campaigns operations below Chairman McCabe. Throughout her time at MCDO, she ran a profitable marketing campaign in her house city, Monroe Township, and has been concerned of their Black Caucus and LGBT Caucus.

Hossain Morshed: Atlantic Metropolis Councilman

Morshed, of Bengali descent, serves on the Atlantic Metropolis Council.

Rupa Motwani: Westfield Democratic Municipal Chair

Rupa is the present Westfield Democratic Municipal Chair and served because the Marketing campaign Supervisor for Westfield Collectively, the re-election marketing campaign for Mayor Shelley Brindle and her slate.

Raj Mukherji: LD33 Assemblyman

A champion of the center class and dealing households, Mukherji is a former Deputy Mayor of Jersey Metropolis

and former Sergeant within the Marine Corps Reserve. Within the non-public sector, he’s a lawyer and healthcare investor and was beforehand an data expertise CEO. Muhkerji is the primary Indian-Bengali state legislator in america.

Amber Murad: Watchung BOE Member

Murad at present serves as a Watchung Board of Schooling Member, and ran for Somerset County Commissioner on the GOP ticket in 2021’s razor skinny contest.

Nuran Nabi: Plainsboro City Commiteeman

Nabi has served on the Plainsboro Township Committee since 2007 and has secured re-election 3 times. He was a lecturer of Dhaka College within the early 1970’s and a member of the Dhaka College Senate, and has greater than 100 patents and publications to his credit score.

Shanti Narra: Middlesex County Commissioner Deputy Director

Narra was appointed to the Board of County Commissioners in 2016 and elected for a partial time period in 2017, and subsequently gained election to her first full time period in 2018. Narra was named Deputy Director in 2021. ​At present, Narra is a training legal professional with the Authorized Assist Society of New York.

Kevin O’Toole: Port Authority Chairman

With a protracted and distinguished profession, the previous Assemblyman and State Senator from LD40 served three phrases as mayor of Cedar Grove, New Jersey earlier than serving within the Legislature. the son of a North Korean conflict refugee, O’Toole is the title associate at O’Toole, Fernandez, Weiner and Vanlieu, LLC.

Raj Parikh: Genova Burns Companion

A extremely acclaimed litigator, disaster supervisor and counselor, Parikh is a Companion and Chair of the India Legislation, Building Legislation & Litigation, and Election Legislation & Litigation Practices and Co-Chair of the Disaster Administration Follow and Accommodations & Eating places Business Group at Genova Burns LLC. He lately served as a part of Governor Murphy’s commerce delegation to India in September 2019, was transition counsel to the Governor, and is one in every of solely a handful of attorneys within the nation to deal with complicated election-related litigation in addition to advise candidates on strategic issues.

Grace Park: PSEG Vice President and Deputy Normal Counsel

A former Union County Prosecutor, Park was the primary Korean American feminine chief prosecutor within the nation, the primary Asian American county prosecutor in state historical past, and the primary feminine and the primary minority to function prosecutor in Union County’s 160-year historical past.

Ellen Park: LD37 Assemblywoman

Park made historical past in November changing into the primary Korean lady to be elected to the New Jersey Legislature. Park beforehand served on the Englewood Cliffs Council 2016 to 2018. Park emigrated to america from South Korea when she was six years outdated and graduated from NYU.

Mark Park: Englewood Cliffs Councilman

Park, a Korean American, serves on the Englewood Cliffs Council and was beforehand President of the NJ Korean American Chamber of Commerce.

Dan Park: Tenafly Councilman

Park, a Korean American, has served on the Tenafly Council since 2014. He additionally works within the Workplace of Multicultural Affairs in Bergen County.

Marc Pascual: Bergenfield Councilman

Pascual has served as a Councilman on the Bergenfield Council since 2020, changing into the third Filipino-American on the borough council, a primary within the historical past of the borough shaped in 1894. Bergenfield has one of many largest Filipino communities within the state.

Minjae Park: Workplace of Cory Booker NJ Press Secretary

A Newark resident, Park lately joined Senator Booker’s workplace to function New Jersey Press Secretary. Park was most lately at Audible, the place he was strategic advisor to the founder and govt chairman. Earlier than Audible, he was a reporter at The Document (NorthJersey.com).

Barkha Patel: Jersey Metropolis Assistant BA

Patel serves because the Assistant Enterprise Administrator in Jersey Metropolis, and is town’s Director of Infrastructure.

Meet Patel: Governor’s Workplace Aide IGA

An IGA aide to Governor Murphy, Patel is accountable for drafting the Governor’s every day briefings and coordinates outreach to numerous stakeholders impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Beforehand, Patel served as an intern for Intergovernmental affairs and served as a committee member for the New Brunswick Democratic Group.

Mohin Patel: Edison Board of Schooling Member

Patel at present serves on the Edison Board of Schooling, and ran for council in 2013.

Toral Patel: Johnson & Johnson Communication and Public Affairs Chief

A second-generation Indian American, Patel co-chairs NJSDC South Asian American Caucus and has served as an advisory member to South Asian People Main Collectively (SAALT).  She sits on the steering committee for the Rutgers Middle for American Girls in Politics Able to Run Program, is a founding member of Inspiring South Asian American Girls (ISAAW), serves on the NJ eleventh for Change Board, and serves as a Committeewoman on the Verona Democratic Committee.

Nishith Patel: Edison Councilman

Patel serves on the Edison council, and is a medical pharmacist.

Virbhadra Patel: Woodbridge Councilman

Patel is the primary Indian American to serve on the Woodbridge Metropolis Council. He’s a former Senior Transportation Specialist at NYC DOT, a former Civil Engineer at Frederic R. Harris Inc. He maintain a grasp’s diploma in Visitors & Transportation Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Expertise.

Salim Patel: Passaic Metropolis Councilman

An Indian-American, Patel serves on the Passaic Metropolis Council and was a fellow on the College of Southern California’s Middle for Faith & Civic Tradition’s American Muslim Civic Management Institute in 2010-2011. He’s a fiscal analyst for Shearman, in addition to being the founding father of the nonprofit SMILE. He’s chair of the Rutgers College Muslim Alumni Affiliation.

Ajay Patil: Edison Councilman

Patil serves on the Edison council, and is a member of quite a few South Asian organizations.

Juned Qazi: Marlboro Council President

An Indian-American businessman, he was elected to the Marlboro Council in 2021 and have become President of Marlboro Township Council in 2022. He has served as president of Indian Nationwide Abroad Congress (I) in 2014, and even dabbled in Indian politics.

Eric Salcedo: DNC AAPI Outreach Director

Salcedo is at present the AAPI Outreach Director for the DNC and beforehand served as Nationwide Area Director at APIAVote, a nationwide nonpartisan group that promotes the civic and electoral engagement of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.

Shabnam Salih: Governor’s Workplace Director, Workplace of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency

Shabnam Salih serves because the Director of the OHAT and has beforehand served as Affiliate Director Coverage and Engagement on the Camden Coalition. She additionally served as a legislative aide within the State Senate and as a Train for America 2011 Corps member, educating in Newark, NJ.

Amman Seehra: NJDHS

Seehra works within the NJDHS’ Division of Household Growth, representing low-income residents in authorized issues.

Himanshu Shah: Previous Bridge BA

Shah serves because the Enterprise Administrator in Previous Bridge.

Ishan Shah: NJLEAD President

Shah is president of the New Jersey Management Program, which seeks to encourage South Asian youth within the state to get entangled in public service, authorities and politics. Shah beforehand served within the Workplace of the Governor Christie and as Chief of Employees to Assemblyman Rooney.

Kapil Shah: Piscataway Councilman

Shah and his spouse got here to America in 1983, transferring into the identical Piscataway house that they reside in now and by which they raised their two sons. Kapil immersed himself in native politics, serving on the Piscataway Library Board for 16 years and as a City Committeeman for the native Democratic Occasion group. He additionally attended the Residents Police Academy twice to find out about legislation enforcement from the Township Police Division. With an open at-large Township Council seat in 2016, Kapil was put ahead as a candidate and has been serving ever since.

Sapana Shah: Former Edison Councilwoman

Shah beforehand as a councilwoman in Edison and ran for mayor.

Hira Shaikh: Workplace of Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer Chief of Employees

Shaikh at present serves as Chief of Employees to Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer and served as Deputy Director for AAPI and Religion-Based mostly Outreach on the Murphy marketing campaign, specializing in constructing the South Asian and Muslim voter turnout. Previous to the marketing campaign, she was a principal at Kivvit.

Susan Shin Angulo: Cherry Hill Mayor

Shin Angulo turned the primary Korean-American lady to carry the workplace of mayor in 2020, and in all the state.  She was beforehand a Camden County Commissioner; on the time of her swearing-in in 2015, she was the primary Asian-American commissioner in all the state.

Amol Sinha: ACLU-NJ Govt Director

Sinha serves because the Govt Director of the ACLU-NJ, is energetic within the South Asian American neighborhood, and is a former president of the South Asian Bar Affiliation of New York.

Neena Singh: Montgomery Committeewoman

Singh was the primary Sikh lady elected to city council in NJ, has an intensive historical past of service inside the Montgomery neighborhood with numerous management roles. She has labored in Somerset County for a few years as a neighborhood organizer and is a passionate advocate of psychological wellness.

Balvir Singh: Burlington County County Commissioner

Elected to the Burlington County Board in 2017, Singh is the primary Asian-American to be elected to a countywide place in Burlington County and the primary Sikh American to be elected to a countywide place within the state.  He’s a full-time public highschool trainer and a part-time lecturer on the Rowan Faculty at Burlington County.

Hirsh Singh: Former GOP gubernatorial major candidate

An Indian-American, Singh ran in 2017 within the Republican gubernatorial major.

Verinda Sood: Workplace of Assemblyman Sterley Stanley Legislative Director

Sood serves because the Legislative Director for Assemblyman Sterley Stanley. She additionally serves as an Assistant Mission Supervisor for the Make Recognized Properly Basis, Inc.

Sterley Stanley: LD18 Assemblyman

Born in India, Stanley was raised in Brooklyn, and later relocated to East Brunswick. Previous to getting into politics, he

labored as an insurance coverage dealer and a monetary companies consultant for Mass Mutual New Jersey and a gross sales consultant for MetLife. Stanley served as a member of the East Brunswick City Council from 2017 to 2021, and is the primary legislator of South Asian descent to signify LD18.

Peter Suh: Fort Lee Councilman

The second Korean-American to be elected as council member in Fort Lee, which has one of many largest Korean communities within the state, one in every of Yoon’s targets as Councilman is to focus on and strengthen the Korean American neighborhood.

Richard Solar: Governor’s Workplace Senior Coverage Advisor

Richard oversees transportation coverage in Governor Murphy’s workplace, he beforehand served on the Summit NJ Metropolis Council. He was one of many architects of Jersey Promise’s Report on the State of Asian People in New Jersey.

Arvind Swamy:  AT&T Authorities Affairs

Swamy, of Indian & Filipino background, began out within the workplace of Senator Lautenberg’s workplace engaged on constituent casework in addition to specializing in AAPI outreach. Arvind’s profession has seen him work at UMDNJ, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Metropolis Technique Group and now serves because the Authorities Affairs lead at AT&T.

Gabriel A. Tanglao: NJEA

A Filipino American, the son of a union-nurse and product of New Jersey Public Colleges, Tanglao has been acknowledged with the 2017 Educating Champion Award from the Council for Financial Schooling; 2018 Finalist for the Social Justice Activist Award from the Nationwide Schooling Affiliation; and 2019 International Studying Fellowship with the NEA Basis. He was beforehand Chair of the Nationwide Range Committee for the New Leaders Council.

Preethy Thangaraj: Governor’s Workplace Coverage Coordinator

Thangaraj specializes within the setting and power and beforehand was a coverage coordinator within the workplace and served as an Vitality Informatics Analysis Specialist at Rutgers College.

Catherine Tung: Meeting Majority Workplace Senior Coverage Analyst

Tung works as a Senior Coverage Analyst for the Meeting Majority Workplace. She has served as aide to the Commerce and Financial Growth and Science, Innovation and Expertise Committees. She additionally serves as Secretary on the New Jersey Younger Democrats Govt Board.

MD Forid Uddin: Paterson Councilman-elect

Uddin secured a seat in Paterson’s Could election this yr, making him the primary Bengali-American elected to an at-large seat.

Shepa Uddin: Franklin Councilwoman

Uddin was appointed in  2021 to fill a vacant council seat, changing into Franklin’s first Asian-American lady to sit down on the council following her unanimous appointment.

William Wang: Port Authority of NY and NJ Management Fellow

Wang serves because the Co-Founder, and Govt Editor of The Innovation Herald in addition to the Founder and Chair of the EBRG Delegates Council. He was lately elected Chair & Chief Govt Officer of the Younger Professionals in Transportation Worldwide, a global non-profit group with chapters in over 23 cities worldwide.

Jonathan Wong: Mahwah Councilman

Wong was the youngest Filipino American politician within the nation when first elected in 2014.

Paul Yoon: Fort Lee Councilman

The second Korean-American to be elected as council member in Fort Lee, Yoon is an energetic member of quite a few organizations, together with the Middle for Hope and Security, Korean American Household Service Middle, and the Korean American League for Civic Motion. He was additionally the previous president of the Asian Pacific American Attorneys Affiliation of New Jersey and the Korean American Affiliation of Fort Lee.

Wei-Han Zhou: Group Choices Vice President

Zhou started his profession as an IGA staffer in Christie Administration and at present serves as Vice President, Division of Strategic Operations for Group Choices.

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