Freeholder Estrada joined the NJTPA Board of Trustees in 2012, after previously serving as an alternate. He was first elected as a freeholder in 1999 and has more than 30 years of business and public service experience. He is currently a Board of Trustees member at 
Meadowlink, a Transportation Management Association.
At the county level, Freeholder Estrada had worked to expand shared county-local services; the Workforce Competitiveness Project; and Go Green, a comprehensive environmental program. He has been instrumental in open space preservation and county-local tree planting in the county’s 21 municipalities. Freeholder Estrada also has worked with private and non-profit sectors to fund youth recreation and help municipalities improve athletic fields, and with the United Way to help bring the 211 information line to Union County.
A long-time education advocate, Freeholder Estrada previously served on the Elizabeth Board of Education. He also previously served on the Elizabeth Housing Authority and is a former vice president of the National Association of Hispanic County Officials.
Freeholder Estrada works closely with Latino community organizations to bring their voices and concerns to the Freeholder Board.
Freeholder Estrada emigrated from Cuba to the United States 50 years ago and has made Elizabeth his home ever since. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Spanish from Kean College (now Kean University) in Union.
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