Ronald Chen

Ronald Chen

Ronald Chen is the New Jersey Public Advocate. He was nominated to fill the position on January 5, 2006, by Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine. [http://www.state.nj.us/governor/news/news/approved/20060105b.html Corzine Names Public Advocate and Environmental Protection Commissioner] , press release dated January 5, 2006, accessed April 15, 2007.] He is the first Public Advocate to serve in the post since 1994, when the job was abolished by former Governor Christine Todd Whitman. The previous Public Advocate was Zulima Farber, who served as state Public Advocate from 1992 to 1994 in the Cabinet of former Governor James Florio, and served as New Jersey Attorney General in 2006. Prior to becoming Public Advocate, Chen was an associate Dean and Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law—Newark.

Chen was born in Stamford, Connecticut and raised in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, where he now resides. He attended Dartmouth College, where he was President of Phi Tau fraternity and a member of the crew team, graduating in 1980. He then attended Rutgers School of Law-Newark, receiving his law degree in 1983.Chan, Sewell. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/nyregion/06mbrfs.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin "Metro Briefing"] , "The New York Times", January 6, 2006. Accessed June 20, 2008. "Governor-elect Jon S. Corzine nominated Ronald Chen yesterday to serve as public advocate and Lisa Jackson to head the Department of Environmental Protection."] He served as Vice Chair of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Professional Ethics from 1996 to 2006, and as a member of the American Civil Liberties Union National Executive Committee from 2002 to 2006. He has also served as Secretary and a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Rowing Association, and he served as a referee in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

* [http://www.state.nj.us/publicadvocate/about/bio/ Public Advocate Bio]
* [http://www.newjersey.gov/governor/news/news/approved/20060105b.html Corzine Names Public Advocate and Environmental Protection Commissioner] , press release dated January 5, 2006
* [http://www.state.nj.us/publicadvocate/news/features/approved/060323b.html Q&A with Ron Chen, the new Public Advocate ]
* [http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~ronchen/ Ron Chen's personal home page]


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