Executive Committee
Joseph F. Silipena
Vice-Chairman of Atlantic County
Biography:
Appointed Freeholder-at-Large in January 1993. Elected to the Board of Freeholders in November, 1993 and re-elected in 1996, 1999 and 2003. Served as Mayor of Egg Harbor City for four years and Councilman of Egg Harbor City for four years. Chairman of Egg Harbor City Salvation Army. Atlantic County representative to the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization (SJTPO) and the South Jersey Economic Development District (SJEDD).
Member, Atlantic County Mainland Chamber of Commerce, Egg Harbor City Knights of Columbus and South Jersey Field of Dreams. Also member of the Galloway Township Lions Club and UNICO National. Former Chairman of the Egg Harbor City Planning Board (2 years) and member for six years.
Parishioner of St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, Egg Harbor City. Profession: President of American Auto Salvage and Recycling in Mays Landing. Resident: Egg Harbor City. Wife: Kathy. Two Children: Lori Winterbottom and Joseph Silipena, Jr. (Deceased). Grandchildren: Jessica and Christine.
Leonard C. Desiderio
Chairman of Cape May County
Director of Tourism, Planning and Facilities
Affiliations:
Member of the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization; Past President of the Cape May County League of Municipalities; Sea Isle City Planning Board; Sea Isle City Ambulance Corps; Elks Lodge BPOE 1290.
Freeholder Responsibilities:
County Airport; Office of Economic Resources & Capital Planning; Department of Planning; Fare Free Transportation; Department of Tourism; and Department of Facilities and Services.
Freeholder Liaison:
Industrial and Economic Development Commission; Industrial Pollution Control Financing Authority, Jersey Shore Partnership; Planning Board; Southern New Jersey Development Council; Southern New Jersey Technology Consortium; South Jersey Economic Development District; SJ Resource Conservation & Development Council; Member Special Services School Board of Estimate; Member Technical School Board of Estimate; Insurance Fund Commissioner; Safety Board; and Chamber of Commerce.
Biography:
Elected Freeholder in 2002. Mayor of Sea Isle City since 1993. Received BA degree from Thomas Edison College. A native of Nutley, NJ, becoming a full-time resident in Sea Isle City in 1983. President of Sea Isle Inn, Inc., a family owned and operated business. Family: Married, wife Carmella; one child, Carmella.
Douglas M. Rainear
Treasurer & Freeholder Director of Cumberland County
Biography:
Elected Freeholder November 2001. Supervisor of Business & Information Technology Department, Bridgeton High School. Real Estate Salesman Thompson Realty. Member Upper Deerfield Township Committee, Mayor 1996-97 & 2000-01. Founding President Cumberland County Conference of Mayors. Member Executive Board NJ League of Municipalities. Past Commissioner Cumberland County Utilities Authority. Member South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization, Executive Board Cumberland Development Corporation.
Member New Jersey Education Association, Bridgeton Education Association & Cumberland Education Association. Coordinator VFW Voice of Democracy, Charter President Greater Bridgeton Area Crimestoppers. Member Cumberland County Human Services Advisory Council, Cumberland County Recreation Commission.
BS Western Kentucky University, Graduate studies at Rowan University, Jersey City State College, Rutgers University. Wife: Fina. Three children: Scott, Kim, Brad. Six grandchildren.
Beth E. Timberman
Secretary & Freeholder of Salem County
Biography:
Ms. Timberman is a resident of Woodstown Borough serving her first year as Freeholder. She works for Woodstown Family Practice as a Registered Nurse bringing twenty years of experience to the post. She obtained her BS in Nursing from Trenton State College with a School Nurse Certificate from Rowan University. She was a member of the Commission on Women.
President of the Salem County branch of AAUW and is now its southern New Jersey Co-coordinator, Vice Chair of the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation Board, American Red Cross volunteer, Elmer Methodist Church member, Democrat District 1 Committeewoman in Woodstown and Brownie Troop Assistant Leader.
Chairman-Planning and Transportation Committee Planning Board, South Jersey Economic Development District, Dept. of Emergency Services (911, Emergency Services, Fire Marshal, Safety Cmte), Utilities Authority, Improvement Authority, Solid Waste Advisory Council, Pollution Control Financing Authority, Railroad Operation, County Agricultural Extension Service, Agriculture Development Board, Economic Development
Member of Health and Social Services Committee, and County Affairs Committee.