InsiderNJ’s 50 (And a Few More!) under 30: The Millennial Up and Comers in New Jersey Politics
Robert Field: Speechwriter to Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, Fulop Campaign Field Director, Statewide Democratic operative
Shariq Ahmed: Chairman of the Edison Democratic Committee (pictured, above)
Mike Hughes: Chief of Staff to state Senator Jennifer Beck
Ricky Diaz: Communications Director for Guadagno for Governor
Hannah Peterson: Communications and Campaign Spokesperson for Fulop
Marshall Spevak: Chief of Staff to Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo and President of the New Jersey Young Democrats
Jerrell Blakeley: Campaign Organizer at NJ Work Environment Council, Advocate for Healthy Schools Now and improved urban education
Theo Siggelakis: Former Legislative Aide, Owner of Broad Street Strategy, LLC.
Tim Hillmann: Senior Adviser to Senator Bob Menendez
Bill Moen, Jr: Camden County Freeholder
Gary LaSpisa: Director of Public Affairs for the New Jersey Food Council
Justin Shoham: Principal at Enigma Consulting, former Chief of Staff to Assemblyman Raj Mukherji
Dan Kline: Councilman from Roxbury
Wade Homer: Staffer in the state Senate Majority Office.
Matt Krayton: Principal at Publitics
Simon Pereira: Booker World Fixer in Essex County
Dan Pereira: Ran Tim Dougherty’s successful primary campaign in Morristown
Khalil Chaneyfield Nass: Newark Councilwoman Gayle Chaneyfield’s Chief of Staff
Stephanie Lagos: Policy Expert for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy
Kyle Darby: Principal Consultant at Next Generations Strategies Group
Derek Sands: Special Assistant to the Bergen County Executive
Storm Wyche: Chief of Staff to Bergen County Freeholder Tracy Zur and a Lou Stellato footsoldier.
Hillary Beckett: Range-finder at Assemblyman Troy Singleton’s office
Elizabeth Coulter: Murphy Campaign diehard
Camilla Diaz: Finance Director for Gopal for Senate and Monmouth Dems
Joe Libutti: Chief of Staff to the LD11 Dems
Jonathan Sternesky: Director of Economic Development for East Brunswick
Michael Suleiman: Chairman of the Atlantic County Democratic Committee
Axel Owen: Campaign Manager for Vin Gopal for state Senate and his LD11 running mates
Jonathan Castaneda: West New York Operative
Amit Jani: District Representative at U.S. House of Representatives; Works on Team Murphy
Matt Anderson: Executive Director of the Monmouth County Democrats
Stephany Kim: Highland Park Councilwoman
Samip Joshi: Edison Council candidate
Matt Gould: Running Assembly ARV this year for Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick
Louis DiPaolo: Legislative Coordinator at New Jersey Working Families
Davon McCurry: Rising Star at Princeton Public Affairs
Adam Parkinson: West New York Political Diehard
Kennith Gonzalez: Chairman, Hudson County Teenage Republicans
Parimal Garg: Murphy Policy Expert
Raphael Chavez-Fernandez: Up-and-Comer at Mercury
Colleen Roache: Press Secretary for the Assembly Democrats
Nataly Tamayo Espinosa: Political Coordinator at 32BJ SEIU
Mariel Didato: Recent Graduate of Rutgers; Democrat running for Assembly seat in LD13
Christian Fuscarino: Executive Director of Garden State Equality
Connor Montferrat: Councilman in the Borough of Hightstown
Victoria Napolitano: Republican Councilwoman in Moorsetown Twp.
Sarah Neibart: Political Director for Guadagno Campaign
Giancarlo Ghione: Chairman of the New Jersey Young Republicans, executive director of the Bergen GOP
Julie Peterson: Field Director for U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur
Bianca Jerez: Former Political Director for the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee
Maria Del Cid: Chief of Staff to Assemblyman Jerry Green
John Danubio: Deputy Executive Director of the Bergen Democrats
Richard Sun: Summit Councilman
Lizbeth Davies: Field Director for U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone
David Spector: Former Bellmawr Councilman and VP of Trades and Unions Digest Magazine
Justin Braz: Operative’s Operative from Gary Schaer World; Now on the Murphy Team
Nicole Sutterly: Legislative Aide for the LD7 Democrats
Dan Beckelman: Executive Director of the Hudson County GOP
Demetrius Terry: Executive Director at Greenville for Health Access
Brittany Wheeler: Somerset GOP Operative; Served as Political Director for Jack Ciattarelli for Governor
Al Abdelaziz: Co-Chair of the Paterson Democratic Committee
Dan Smith: Steady hand for Assemblyman Craig Coughlin
Tyler Honschke: Legislative Aide to Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo and longtime right hand to DeAngelo COS Liz Meyers
Junior Romero: Food & Water Watch organizer in Central Jersey
Joshua Sotomayer-Einstein: Hoboken council candidate and Republican State Committeeman
Nick Mammano: Chief of Staff to Assemblyman Joe Lagana
Congrats all! Proud to know a lot of these great folks that are improving the lives of people in their communities.
For parity, have separate Dem and GOP lists?
Are you kidding me? How can Michael Suleiman be excluded from a list of the 50 top under 30? He belongs in the Top 10! How many from your list are County Party Chairmen? That would be NONE. Mike has been a senior aide to Sen. Jim Whelan for 5 years, a Municipal Chair, Municipal candidate and now County Chair. Your list has zero credibility without Mike Suleiman.
Very proud of Mariel’ Joe, Matt.Camilla and Axel. But Axel under 30? LOL