Board of Directors

The Commerce Commission is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of eleven voting members and two non-voting members. The voting members are as follows:

Gary Rose, Chief of the Office of Economic Growth, serves as Chairman of the Board (as Governor Corzine’s designee).

Ex-officio members are the State Treasurer, the Commissioners of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Labor & Workforce Development and the Department of Transportation and the Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education.

Three public members are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the State Senate to serve a five-year term. Two additional public members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. One is appointed based upon the recommendation of the Senate President and the other is appointed based upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the General Assembly.

In addition, two non-voting legislative members serve on the Board in an advisory capacity: one State Senator appointed by the Senate President and one Assembly person appointed by the Assembly Speaker. These members develop and facilitate legislation to assist the Commission in the fulfillment of its mission.