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Directory of Essex County Elected Officials Agenda \ DISTRICT 26 DISTRICT 40 Senator Joseph Pennacchio 8:30 Registration and Breakfast Senator Kevin O’ Toole 170 Changebridge Road, Unit A1 Wayne Plaza II, 1st Fl. Montville, NJ 07045 155 Rt. 46 West P: 973-227-4012 Wayne, NJ 07470 Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce Assemblyman 9:00 Opening Remarks P: 973-237-1360 1055 Parsippany Road, Suite 104 1055 Parsippany Road, Suite 104 Assemblyman Scott Rumana Assemblyman David Russo Robert N. Davison, M.A., L.P.C. Whippany, New Jersey 07054 Whippany, New Jersey 07054 155 Rt. 46 West 22 Paterson Avenue Executive Director P: 973-884-6190 P: 973-884-6190 Wayne, NJ 07470 Midland Park, NJ 07432 Mental Health Association of Essex County P: 973-237-1360 P: 201-444-9719 DISTRICT 27 Senator Richard J. Codey Welcome 66 West Mt. Pleasant Avenue ESSEX COUNTY GOVERNMENT Livingston, NJ 07039 The Honorable John F. McKeon Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. P: 973-535-5017 th Essex NJ State Assemblyman, 27 District Assemblywoman Mila Jasey Assemblyman John F. McKeon Hall of Records – Room 558 511 Valley Street 250 Main Street 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Maplewood, NJ 07040 Madison, NJ 07940 The Honorable Shavonda Sumter Newark, NJ 07102 NJ State Assemblywoman, 35th District P: 973-762-1886 P: 973-377-1606 DISTRICT 28 ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Senator Ronald L. Rice The Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr. 1044 South Orange Avenue Britnee N. Timberlake, President Brendan W. Gill, Vice President Newark, NJ 07106 Freeholder–at-Large Freeholder-at-Large Congressman – 9th Congressional District P: 973-371-5665 Assemblywoman Assemblyman Ralph R. Caputo Rolando Bobadilla Wayne L. Richardson 400 Lyons Avenue 148-152 Franklin Street District One Freeholder District Two Freeholder Newark, NJ 07112 Belleville, NJ 07109 ADVOCACY PROGRAM P: 973-926-4320 P: 973-450-0484 Leonard M. Luciano Cynthia D. Toro District Four Freeholder District Five Freeholder Mental Health and Addiction DISTRICT 29 Rufus I. Johnson Lebby C. Jones Senator M. Theresa Ruiz Freeholder-at-Large Freeholder-at-Large Federal Implications 166 Bloomfield Avenue Linda Rosenberg, MSW Newark, NJ 07104 Patricia Sebold P: 973-484-1000 Freeholder-at-Large President/CEO Assemblywoman Eliana Pinter Marin Assemblywoman Blonnie Watson National Council for Behavioral Health 265 Lafayette Street 223 Hawthorne Avenue Newark, NJ 07105 Newark, NJ 07112 ESSEX COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR P: 973-589-0713 P: 973-624-1730 Joseph P. Scarpelli Surviving and Thriving in a (973) 571-2821 Fee-for-Service World DISTRICT 34 Robert N. Davison Senator Nia Gill ESSEX COUNTY CLERK 39 South Fullerton Avenue Christopher J. Durkin Montclair, NJ 07042 (973) 621-4921 Importance of Integration P: 973-509-0388 Behavioral Health & Primary Care Assemblywoman Sheila Y. Oliver Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin 15-33 Halsted St, Suite 202 1333 Broad Street, LL Denise V. Rodgers, MD, FAAFP East Orange, NJ 07018 Clifton, NJ 07013 Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Programs P: 973-395-1166 P: 973-779-3125 Rutgers Biomedical and Health Services Please encourage your State Representatives, County Freeholders and local elected officials to attend this important event and share with us their positions on these critical issues!