Hudson County Executive Thomas DeGise took office after winning a special election in November 2002. He joined the NJTPA Board of Trustees and its Executive Committee in 
2006.
County Executive DeGise currently serves as NJTPA First Vice-Chairman; he also serves as Chairman of the Project Prioritization Committee and is a member of the Freight Initiatives Committee.
Prior to serving as County Executive, Mr. DeGise — a lifelong Jersey City resident — was Jersey City’s longest serving Municipal Council President, holding that office from 1993 to 2001. He was a teacher and administrator in the Jersey City school system since 1975 and entered public life as a community leader during the 1980s, founding a school neighborhood association and eventually chairing the Heights Coalition of Neighborhood Associations, a group dedicatd to improving quality of life in the city’s Heights section.
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