Boards & Committees

The League's Trenton staff carries out a full agenda of activities, translating League policy objective on many fronts. But policy itself is made by more  than 250 mayors, other elected officials, and appointed officials who serve on numerous standing and ad hoc committees.

  1. Active Committees
  2. Committees That Meet As Needed

Active Committees

League Committees

  • Executive Board: Paul H. Tomasko; President, NJLM; Chair
  • Legislative Committee: Trishka W. Cecil, Esq., General Counsel, NJLM; Co-Chair Colleen Mahr, Mayor, Fanwood; Past President, NJLM; Co-Chair
  • Conference Resolutions Committee: Sean Elwell, Mayor, Elsinboro; 1st Vice President, NJLM; Chair
  • Nominating Committee: William Chegwidden, Mayor, Wharton; Immediate Past President, NJLM; Chair
  • NJLM Educational Foundation: Timothy C. McDonough, Mayor, Hope; Past President, NJLM; President
  • Emergency Management Task Force: Timothy C. McDonough, Mayor, Hope; Past President, NJLM; Chair
  • Land Use Law Drafting Committee: F. Clifford Gibbons, Esq.; Chair
  • Mayors Committee on New Jersey Life Sciences: Joseph Pannullo, Mayor, East Hanover Township; Chair
  • League Economic Development Task Force: M. James Maley Jr., Mayor, Collingswood; Chair
  • League Legal Committee on Affordable Housing: Edward Buzak, Esq.; Chair
  • League Cannabis Task Force: Colleen Mahr, Mayor, Fanwood; Past President, NJLM; Co-Chair; Janice Kovach, Mayor Clinton Town; Past President, NJLM; Co-Chair
  • Mayors Housing Policy Committee: Janice S. Mironov, Mayor, East Windsor; Past President, NJLM; Co-Chair; Colleen Mahr, Mayor, Fanwood; Past President, NJLM; Co-Chair
  • Telecommunications Study Committee: Brian C. Wahler, Mayor, Piscataway; Past President, NJLM; Chair
  • Community Development Block Grant Task Force:  J. Christian Bollwage, Mayor, Elizabeth; Past President, NJLM; Chair
  • Women in Municipal Government Committee: Janice Kovach, Mayor, Clinton Town, and Colleen Mahr, Mayor, Fanwood, NJLM Past Presidents and Co-Chairs.