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Chairwoman
Dr. Joan Rivitz
Paramus, NJ
Term Expired: 5/21/06 |
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Rivitz was appointed in 2003. She is an
educational consultant in private practice
and specializes in matters of bias and prejudice.
Dr. Rivitz is the Chair of the Advisory
Board of the New Jersey Human Relations
Council and is a member of the New Jersey
Commission on Holocaust Education staff.
She is a committee member of the New Jersey
Cares About Bullying Campaign and works
on the Train the Trainers project of the
Office of Bias Crime. She also works on
Character Education projects, statewide.
Dr. Rivitz was instrumental in the formulation
of the highly successful New Jersey Bias
Crime Victims Support Service as well as
the training of personnel. |
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Commissioner
John Crowell
Campbell
Edison, NJ
Term Expired: 5/21/07 |
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Campbell was appointed in 2003. He is Co-Founder
and Sponsor of Gay and Lesbian Political
Action and Support. He served as Co-Chair
of the Middlesex County Human Relations
Commission, and is on the Advisory Board
of the New Jersey Human Relations Council.
Commissioner Campbell operated a licensed
nursing home for seven years, spent five
as a Navy Hospital Corpsman, serving in
Korea with the First Marine Air Wing, and
had a career with the Veterans Administration
(V.A.) where he was Chief, Medical Administration
Service. Since 1985 he has dedicated his
retirement to basic civil and human rights. |
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Commissioner
Salena P.
Carroll
Linden, NJ
Term Expires: 5/21/09 |
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Carroll was appointed in 2006. She is a
Domestic Preparedness Planner for the Office
of Emergency Management in the County of
Union. She is responsible for writing and
managing grants specializing in homeland
security, domestic preparedness and law
enforcement programs. Additionally, she
is responsible for the emergency shelter
program and the implementation of the emergency
evacuation shelters for 525,000 residents.
Before her current position, she served
as a Special Assistant to the Deputy County
Manager and as an Economic Development Representative. |
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Commissioner
Clara C. Fernandez
Elizabeth, NJ
Term Expires: 5/21/10 |
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in Oriente, Cuba, Commissioner Fernández
immigrated to the United States in 1970
and became a naturalized citizen in 1979.
A resident of Union County, she received
her B.A. from Rutgers University and her
M.A. from The Catholic University of America,
in Washington D.C. Commissioner Fernández
is employed as Constituent Relations Director
to New Jersey’s 20th Legislative District.
She serves on the Union County Cultural
and Heritage Commission Advisory Board,
of which she is presently the Chairperson.
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Commissioner
Hany A. Mawla,
Esq.
North Brunswick, NJ
Term Expires: 5/21/10 |
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Mawla, Esq. was appointed in 2006 and has
practiced law since 1999 when he was admitted
to the State of New Jersey Bar and the United
States District Court for the District of
New Jersey. His undergraduate degree is
from Rutgers University and his law degree
is from Seton Hall University School of
Law. He serves in Morris and Essex Early
Settlement Programs and lectures at ICLE
Family Summer Law Program, he also lectures
in the Department of Political Science and
the Center for Middle East Studies at Rutgers
University where he served as a member of
the advisory board to the Dean of Faculty
of Arts and Sciences. |
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Commissioner
Nita Raval
Lodi, NJ
Term Expires: 5/21/09 |
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Raval was appointed in 2004. She is in private
practice in Hoboken, New Jersey and has
been with the Law firm of Sarkisian, Florio,
& Kenny since 1997. She has litigated
various claims involving civil rights and
employment issues. She is an active member
in Gujarati community in North Jersey. |
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Commissioner
Richard T.
Smith
Vineland, NJ
Term Expired: 5/21/08 |
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T. Smith was appointed in 2004. He is employed
by the New Jersey Department of Corrections,
Southwoods State Prison in Bridgeton, New
Jersey. Commissioner Smith is presently
the President of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP,
Greater Vineland Branch No. 2115. In April
of 2003 he was elected to the Vineland Board
of Education, which he has served on since
2001. He is an elected member of the Cumberland
County Democratic Executive Committee of
the City of Vineland. |
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