Elected Officials

ELECTED OFFICE
• Re-Elected Mayor of the Borough of Little Ferry, November of 2015 with nearly 70% of the votes cast in a 3 way race.
• Elected the 28th Mayor of the Borough of Little Ferry, November of 2007 with over 70% of the votes cast
• Member of the Borough Council (January 7th 2000 - January 4th 2008)
• Council President of the Borough of Little Ferry (2003 to 2007 )

WORK HISTORY
• Deputy Executive Director of the Bergen County Improvement Authority (2010- Present)
• Chief of Staff to State Senator Bob Gordon (D-38th Legislative District) (2004 -2010)
• Assistant and Director of Outreach to Congressman Steve Rothman (D-9th Congressional District) (1997-2004)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/SERVICE
• Eucharistic Minister, St. Margaret's Church, Little Ferry
• Former Member, St. Margaret's Church Parish Council
• Former Instructor of Religious Education, St. Margaret's Church
• Board of Advisors, for the Italian-American organization - La Federazione Molfettesi d’America

EDUCATION:
• Graduate of Bergen Catholic High School with Honors - 1996
• B.A. in Political Science, Minor in History; with Honors Rutgers College - May 2000
• Masters of Public Administration, with Honors, Rutgers University - May 2009
• Member - Pi Sigma Alpha, Rutgers College- Political Science Honor Society, Inducted May 2000
• Member- Pi Alpha Alpha, Rutgers Universiry- National Honor Society for Public Affairs and     Administration, Inducted May 2009
 

• Council President - 2010
• Serving on the Council since January 2001
• Chair of the following Borough Committees: Finance &Insurance
• Member of the following Borough Committees: Finance; Police - Emergency Services; DPW, Buildings & Grounds and Roads;
• Life member and former Chief of the Little Ferry Fire Department
• Former member and Captain of the Little Ferry First Aid Corps.
• Former member- Little Ferry Board of Adjustment
• Graduate, Ridgefield Park High School
• MBA, Finance, Fairleigh Dickinson University
• New Jersey Army National Guard, Honorable Discharge
• Member - Post 310 American Legion

• Chair of the following Borough Committee(s): Parks, Recreation, Playgrounds, Bicycles
• Member of the following Committees: Library Board and Senior Citizens
• Lifelong resident of Little Ferry
• Graduate of Immaculate Conception, Lodi NJ
• Member of the Little Ferry First Aid Corp. since 2007 and is currently serving as 1st Lieutenant and Fundraising Committee Chair since 2010.
• Treasurer, Little Ferry First Aid Corps. Board of Governors
• Employed by Hackensack Meridian - Hackensack University Medical Center
• Coach, Little Ferry Soccer
• Class Parent since 2015
• Proud parent of a 10 year old daughter.

• Chair of the following Borough Committee(s): DPW, Buildings & Grounds & Roads; Shade Tree & Green Technology; Building Department
• Member of the following Borough Committee(s): Policy & Personnel; Police - Emergency Services; Finance
• Lifelong resident of Little Ferry
• Graduate of Ridgefield Park High School
• Current member of the Planning/Zoning Board
• Life Member of Hose Company One
• Former Chief of the Little Ferry Fire Department
• Former Member of the Little Ferry First Aid Corps

• Serving on the Council since January 2005
• Police Commissioner
• Chair of the following Borough Committee(s): Police - Emergency Services
• Member of the following Borough Committee(s): Fire - Emergency Services; Finance; Policy & Personnel; Shade Tree & Green Technology; Senior Citizens; Building Department
• Little Ferry/South Hackensack Baseball and Soccer Coach
• Attorney-civil litigation, municipal law, real estate and municipal land use law
• William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
• Seton Hall School of Law, Newark, New Jersey
• Juris Doctorate in Law
• American Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Governors from 2006 to present

• Chairperson of the following Borough Committee (s): Information Technology, Flood Mitigation.
• Member of the following Borough Committee(s): Emergency Services (fire), DPW- Buildings, Grounds, Roads, Parks & Playgrounds, Policy Personnel, Insurance FEMA, Senior Citizens, Building Department

Council President – Peggy Steinhilber Term Expires: 12/31/2020

• Chairperson to the following Borough Committee(s): Parks, Recreation, Playgrounds, Bicycles
• Member of the following Borough Committee(s): Insurance
• Co-owner of Petspa Grooming and Boarding facility on Liberty St.
• Worked for IRS for 5 years as Assistant to Chief of the Examination Division
• Girl Scout Troop Leader for 2 years
• PTA Correspondence / Recording Secretary Executive Board for 9 years 
• Past 2nd Vice President of Executive Board PTA
• Member of Board of Directors Companion Animal Placement Rescue Group
• Volunteer Groomer Teterboro Animal Shelter
• Coach of Little Ferry Hoops program for girls grade 6-8
• Member of Little Ferry First Aid Corp. since 2002
• 1st Lieutenant Little Ferry First Aid Corp. 2008-2009