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:
FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION: Adjuster, Consumer Protection, Finance, Human Resources, MIS, Telephone Services, Purchasing, Records Management, Weights & Measures.

LIAISON:
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse, Local Advisory Council (LACADA) , Business Partnership-Alternate, County Alliance Steering Subcommittee (CASS), Cultural & Heritage Commission, Home Investment Partnership Program, Homelessness Trust Fund, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDIA), Mental Health Board, New Jersey Association of Counties-1st Alternate Voting Member, Park Commission, Raritan and Millstone Rivers Flood Commission-Alternate, Raritan Valley Community College Board of School Estimate, Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center, Community Advisory Council, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Advisory Council, Somerset County Improvement Authority, Vocational Board of School Estimate, Workforce Investment Board, Youth Leadership Somerset (beginning July).

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, Finance/Administration, Chair, 2013; 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 33 years; married, husband Jack, three sons, five 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. Mary’s of Stony Hill, Watchung.

AWARDS:
Millicent Fenwick Award for Distinguished Public Service, 2004; La Tribuna’s Distinguished Woman Award, 2001; New Jersey Federation of Re-publican Women, Republican Woman of the Year, 2000; Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women, Outstanding Women in Somerset County Award-Government, 1998; Plainfield High School Hall of Fame, 2012.

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