PATRICIA L. WALSH 77 Rock Road East Green Brook, NJ 08812-2125 Term Expires: 12/31/13

Freeholders Office: (908) 231-7030
Freeholders Fax: (908) 231-8754
E-mail: FreeholdersOffice@co.somerset.nj.us

Freeholder Responsibilities:
Ex-officio to all county departments and divisions.

Liaison:
Grants, Public Information, Constitutional Officers, Courts, Criminal Justice, Office of the Prosecutor, Raritan Valley Community College Board of School Estimate, Mental Health Board, Planning Board, Superintendent of Schools, Vocational Board of School Estimate, Workforce Investment Board, New Jersey Association of Counties-1st Alternate Voting Member, Leadership Somerset-Alternate, Youth Leadership Somerset-Until June, Business Partnership, Home Investment Partnership Program, Homelessness Trust Fund, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), Skillman Park Advisory Committee, Raritan and Millstone Rivers Flood Commission-Alternate.

Public Service:
Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Member, 2008-present, Director, 2012, Deputy Director, 2011, Public Works I, Chair, 2008, Human Services, Chair, 2009, 2010, 2011; Green Brook Township Committee, Member, 1993-2007, Mayor, 1996-2003, 2005-2007, Deputy Mayor, 1995, 2004; Green Brook Township Planning Board, Member, 1993-2003, 2005-2007; Green Brook Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, Member, 1985-1993, Chairman, 1992-1993, Vice Chairman, 1989-1991.

Affiliations & Community Service:
Somerset County Sexual Assault Response Team, Member, 2004-2009; Green Brook 9-11 Memorial Committee, Chair; Meals on Wheels, Volunteer, 1993-1999; Somerset County Senior Shopper Program, Volunteer, 2002-2006; American Red Cross Blood Bank, Former Volunteer; Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women, Member, 1993-1995; Somerset County Governing Officials Association, President, 2001, Vice President, 2000, Secretary, 1999, Program Chair, 1998; Christine Todd Whitman Series for Public Service, Guest Lecturer, 2002; Rutgers University Graduate Program, Guest Lecturer, 2000-2005, 2007-2011; District 22 New Jersey Assembly Candidate, 2001; New Jersey Federation of Republican Women, Member, 1993-present; Somerset County Federation of Republican Women, Member, 1993-present; Somerset County Republican Municipal Committeewoman, 1997-2009; New Jersey Conference of Mayors, Board of Directors, Member, 1996-2003.

Biography:
Somerset County resident for 30 years; married, husband Jack, three sons, four grandchildren; Registered Nurse Degree, Our Lady of Lourdes School of Nursing; Bachelor’s Degree, Social Sciences, Thomas Edison State College; SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Certification, Seton Hall University; employed as a visiting nurse with Holy Redeemer Home Care, serving Somerset, Middlesex and Union counties; St. Luke’s Parish, North Plainfield, Eucharistic Minister and Lector.

Awards:
Millicent Fenwick Award for Distinguished Public Service, 2004; La Tribuna’s Distinguished Woman Award, 2001; New Jersey Federation of Republican Women, Republican Woman of the Year, 2000; Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women, Outstanding Women in Somerset County Award-Government, 1998.

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