The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University is set to present “An Evening With Hon. James E. McGreevey,” former Governor of New Jersey, on Monday, September 28, 2015. A light reception will begin at 6 p.m. and the lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Mercer Room in Daly Dining Hall on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus.
The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University is set to present “An Evening With Hon. James E. McGreevey,” former Governor of New Jersey, on Monday, September 28, 2015. A light reception will begin at 6 p.m., remarks will begin at 7 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer period with the audience. The event will take place in the Mercer Room in Daly Dining Hall on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus. The event is free and open to the public.
McGreevey has a long history of public service and leadership in local, state and national politics. Elected in November 2001, McGreevey took office as New Jersey’s 51st Governor in January 2002. As Governor, McGreevey launched a four-year literacy program designed to put reading coaches in elementary schools and oversaw the management of an $8.6 billion school construction program to improve New Jersey school facilities. He also oversaw the complex overhaul of New Jersey’s automobile insurance industry.
Today, the former Governor is employed as Executive Director of the Jersey City Employment & Training Program, a group that administers the city’s employment program. He also works with the women of the Integrity House Program at the Hudson County Correctional Center in New Jersey. McGreevey presently guides and directs the Integrity House spiritual counseling initiative, as well as works with the women upon discharge to secure mentoring, a continued commitment to principles of recovery, and reintegration into the Hudson County community. Having pursued seminary education and training, he completed his field education working with formerly incarcerated women and men at Exodus Transitional Ministry in Harlem, New York City.
McGreevey previously served as a state Senator, a state Assemblyman and over ten years as Mayor of Woodbridge, one of New Jersey’s largest municipalities. He also served as Regional Manager, Merck and Company; as Executive Director, NJ State Parole Board; with the NJ Assembly Majority Office; and as Assistant Prosecutor in Middlesex County.
McGreevey received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1978. He was graduated from Georgetown University with a law degree and admitted to the bar in 1981. He also holds a Master’s of Education from Harvard University and a Master’s of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary.
Advance reservations to attend “An Evening with Hon. James E. McGreevey ” are requested by calling Susan Cuccia at (609) 896-5350 or emailing scuccia@rider.edu.
