Governor Phil Murphy named Gail Gordon, a Republican attorney and fundraiser, as commissioner of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.
She will succeed Bob Udin, former chairman of the Bergen County Republican Party, who has served on the commission for the past decade.
Rutherford Alderman Tom Mulahy was also named to the sports authority to replace Arthur Kapoor.
After working on the staff of Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh, Gordon worked as a speechwriter at the Reagan White House. She then worked for Howard J. Rubenstein Her Associates, a public relations firm in New York, and helped NFL Hall of Famer Nick Hernandez Buoniconti establish the Spinal Cord Research Center at the University of Miami. Citadel. Gordon then helped NHL Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux establish a non-profit foundation centered around cancer and neonatal research.
After moving to New Jersey in 2006 and marrying Bergen County Democratic Senator and current New Jersey Public Utilities Commissioner Bob Gordon, the Emmy Award-winning Gordon has worked with Florio, Perucci, Steinhardt, Became Fader’s attorney. For the past 11 years, she has run her GBGordon LLC, helping businesses deal with government issues.
A trustee of the Hackensack Meridian Health Network and a trustee of the Joseph A. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Gordon served as a trustee of the New Jersey Hall of Fame. She has served on the finance committees of multiple Republican campaigns, chaired the New Jersey Women’s Conference, and was one of Murphy’s appointees to the Full Counts Commission in the 2020 U.S. Census.
Gordon’s nomination is the fourth time Murphy has attempted to replace Eudin, who lasted until the second year of his second term as Democratic governor. The Sports Authority seat was previously held by Gordon’s best friend Candy Straight.
Murphy today appointed West Morris Area High School Superintendent Michael Ben David as trustee of Ramapo College to succeed former Morris County Democratic Commissioner Thomas Zerante. Albert Nieves, a member of the Woodridge Board of Education, was selected as Ramapo Trustee for the seat now occupied by Gary Montroy. Oakland’s Christopher Lopez will replace Vincent Coleman.
The nominations of Murphy’s Chief of Staff George Helmey, Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Kelly, and Elizabeth Mayor Christian Ballwayge as commissioners of the New York and New Jersey Port Authority are also official, as first reported by The New Jersey Globe. It has been submitted. to the State Senate.
A group of administrative law judges – Robert Harman and Rebecca Rafferty (both of Mays Landing) and Workers Compensation Court judges – Brian Ierman of Maywood, Peter Cricordis of Franklin Lakes, Philip of Rutherford Laporta – also nominated today.
The New Jersey Globe also first announced Murphy’s intention to appoint nine superior court judges, including Ridgefield Mayor Anthony Suarez, Brick Mayor John Ducey, and Little Ferry Alderman Thomas Sarlo. reported to