The Mid-Atlantic State is lucky to have been visited by some of the most distinguished people in state, national, and international politics. These speakers not only offer their valuable insights into government and the political process, but they also graciously take questions from JSAers in public forums at our conferences, conventions, and summer programs. Following is an abridged list of some of our past speakers:
John H. Adler, U.S. Congressman, D-NJ 6th District
Frank Askin, Rutgers School of Law, Newark; Center for Law and Justice
Ed Barocas, Legislative Director, New Jersey ACLU
William Baroni, Jr., Assemblyman, R-NJ 14th Legislative District
John Bramnick, Assemblyman, R-NJ 12th Legislative District
Peter Cammarano, Hoboken City Councilman
Richard Canas, NJ Director of the NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
Neil M. Cohen, Assemblyman, D-NJ 20th Legislative District
Jon Stevens Corzine, New Jersey Governor (2006-Present)
Lucille Davy, Commissioner of the NJ Department of Education
Michael Patrick Carroll, Assemblyman, R-NJ 25th Legislative District
Kevin Drennan, Executive Director of the NJ Commerce Commission
James Florio, D-New Jersey Governor (1990-1994)
Joseph Fuentes, Superintendent of the NJ State Police
Barbara Sussman Goldberg, President, Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey
Steven Goldman, Commissioner of the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance
Reed Gusciora, Assemblyman, D-NJ 15th Legislative District
Greg Hayman, Acting Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Homeland Security and Preparedness
Rush Holt, U.S. Congressman, D-NJ 11th District
Lisa Jackson, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Reginald T. Jackson, Executive Director, Black Ministers Council of New Jersey
Gordon M. Johnson, Assemblyman, D-NJ 37th Legislative District
Marilyn Jost, Second Amendment Sisters
Ellen Karcher, Senator, D-NJ 12th Legislative District
Thomas Kean, Jr., Republican Candidate for New Jersey Governor, 2006
Charles Kuperus, Secretary of the NJ Department of Agriculture
Kris Kolluri, Commissioner of the NJ Department of Transportation
Daniel Lee, Professor, Princeton University Department of Political Science
Alicia Menendez, Representative, Robert Menendez for Senate
Anne Milgram, NJ Attorney General
Bryan Miller, Ceasefire NJ
Lynn Nowak, Lobbyist, Nancy Becker & Associates
David Nyuon, Lost Boy of Sudan
Frank Pallone, U.S. Congressman, D-NJ 6th District
Leon Panetta, White House Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton
Bill Pascrell, U.S. Congressman, D-NJ 8Th District
Chuck Pennacchio, Pennsylvania Candidate for the Democratic Nomination to the United States Senate
Tim Razzaq, Building Open Opportunity Structures Together
Dr. David Rebovich, Rider University Institute for New Jersey Politics
Dennis Ross, Director for Policy Planning, U.S. State Department
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy
Bret Schundler, Chairman, Empower the People
Yvonne Smith Segars, New Jersey Public Defender
David Socolow, Commissioner of the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Bill Spadea, Representative, Tom Kean, Jr. For Senate
Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie, Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations
Ed Tranz, The Traz Group: Republican Political Consultancy
Jennifer Velez, Commissioner of the NJ Department of Human Services
Joan M. Voss, Assemblywoman, D-38th Legislative District
William J. Ward, Esq., Carlin & Ward, Attorneys at Law / New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog
Christie Todd Whitman, R-Governor of New Jersey (1994-2001)
Tom Wilson, Chairman, New Jersey Republican State Committee
David Wolfe, Assemblyman, R-NJ 10th Legislative District
Harry Wu, Executive Director of the Laogai Research Foundation and the China Information Center
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