Hudson County Freeholder Chairman Jeffrey Dublin has named his chief of staff and appointed the freeholder committees for the year 2008.
The new chief of staff is Jersey City’s Attorney Kalimah Ahmad, a lifelong resident of the city. She is the daughter of Rafiq and Ameerah Ahmad and has one sister and six brothers. A graduate of Ferris High School in Jersey City, she received her Bachelor’s Degree in English and her Teacher Education Certification as a Dean’s List student at Montclair University. She received her Juris Doctorate in May 2005 from Seton Hall University School of Law. While attending Seton Hall, she was a three-time recipient of the Hudson County Bar Association Scholarship Award and authored a review of New Jersey’s criminal sentencing policy in a publication entitled, “Where Have All My Brothers Gone?: An Exploration of New Jersey’s 1,000-foot of a School Zone Statute.”
Ahmad was formerly employed by the Jersey City Housing Authority as a youth opportunities coordinator. She also worked for Merrill Lynch as a client associate, and in the legal department of Sony’s Urban World Films in New York City. She also served as an intern for Hudson County Superior Court Judge Shirley Tolentino.
Dublin also announced the Freeholder Committees for 2008. They are:
> Boards of School Estimate: HC Schools of Technology – Thomas Liggio and Maurice Fitzgibbons; Hudson County Community College – Thomas Liggio and William O’Dea; Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Board, Jose Munoz, representative; Contract Review, Albert Cifelli, chairman, and members Jeffrey Dublin and William O’Dea; County Government, Oversight and Policy Review, Jose Munoz, chairman, and members Albert Cifelli and Tilo Rivas; Economic Development and Housing, Eliu Rivera, chairman, and members William O’Dea and Tilo Rivas; Education, Tilo Rivas, chairman, and members William O’Dea and Eliu Rivera; Environment, Health and Human Services, Doreen M. DiDomenico, chairperson, and members Maurice Fitzgibbons and William O’Dea.
Also, Ethics, Albert Cifelli, chairman, and members Doreen DiDomenico and Tilo Rivas; Family Services and Welfare to Work, Jose Munoz, chairman, and members Doreen DiDomenico and Maurice Fitzgibbons; Finance, Budget and Administration, Thomas Liggio, chairman, and members Jeffrey Dublin and Maurice Fitzgibbons; Hudson County Improvement Authority, Albert Cifelli, liaison, Eliu Rivera, alternate; Hudson County Planning Board, Jose Munoz, member, Doreen DiDomenico, alternate; Insurance Commission, Thomas Liggio, representative; Meadowview Psychiatric Hospital Board of Managers, Doreen M. DiDomenico, representative; New Jersey Association of Counties, Maurice Fitzgibbons, representative, Tilo Rivas, alternate; Personnel, Eliu Rivera, chairman, and members Albert Cifelli and Jose Munoz.
Also, Public Resources, William O’Dea, chairman, and members Doreen DiDomenico and Thomas Liggio; Public Safety, Department of Corrections, Emergency Management, Eliu Rivera, chairman, and members Jeffrey Dublin and William O’Dea; Purchasing, Eliu Rivera, chairman, and members Jeffrey Dublin and Jose Munoz; Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs, Tilo Rivas, chairman, and members Albert Cifelli and Jose Munoz; Task Force on the Homeless, Maurice Fitzgibbons, chairman, and members Jeffrey Dublin, Tilo Rivas and Eliu Rivera; Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Maurice Fitzgibbons, chairman, and members Tilo Rivas and Eliu Rivera; Transportation, Jeffrey Dublin, chairman, and members Albert Cifelli and Thomas Liggio.
In addition, Women and Minority Affairs, Doreen M. DiDomenico, chairperson, and members Jeffrey Dublin and William O’Dea; Workforce Investment Board, Tilo Rivas, representative, and Maurice Fitzgibbons, alternate.