Elected Freeholder November 1997, November 2000, November 2003, November 2006 and November 2009. Director 2001, 2008 and 2009. Board Member of the National Association of Counties. President of the New Jersey Association of Counties in 2007. Former member of the New Jersey Association of Counties Foundation Board. Past Chairman of the Cumberland Empowerment Zone Board. Democratic Leadership Council, Local Advisory Board. Recipient of the 2009 Southern New Jersey Freeholders Association Southern Star Award. Former Solicitor of City of Vineland, Fairfield Township and Borough of Buena. Former Prosecutor for the City of Bridgeton, Fairfield Township, and the Borough of Buena. Former Member of Vineland Kiwanis and Sicilian American Club of New Jersey. Former member of the Cumberland County Welfare Board and Board of Directors for the South Jersey Council of Boy Scouts of America. Former Trustee, St. Francis of Assisi Church. Named Democratic Leadership Councils Top 100 New Democrats to watch, 2003. New Jersey Conference of Mayors Outstanding County Official of the Year 2002. 1990 recipient of the Martin Luther King Academy Citizenship Award. BA in Government and Politics, University of Maryland; Juris Doctorate, Villanova Law School.