Atlantic County’s Celeste Fernandez to Serve on Gov.-Elect’s Mikie Sherrill’s Transition Team
BY CLYDE HUGHES | AC JosepH Media
TRENTON – Atlantic County businesswoman Celeste Fernandez has been chosen to take part in one of Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill’s Transition Committee teams this week.
Fernandez was picked to serve on the Driving New Jersey Forward-Economic Development and Innovation team. Local Atlantic City attorney Lloyd Levenson was also selected to serve on the same team.
“I am more than grateful and humbly honored to have the privilege to serve in the Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill Transition Actions Team,” Fernandez said on Facebook on Friday, Nov. 21. “Thank you Governor elected Mikie Sherrill and team for giving me the opportunity to assist in moving New Jersey Forward.”
Other South Jersey and people of color named to lead teams include:
*Rosalee Boyer, of Salvation and Social Justice, in Trenton, picked to serve on the Affordable Healthcare Addressing Washington’s Medicaid Cuts
*Dr. Patricia Campos Medina, to co-chair the Jobs, Opportunities and Prosperity for All team.
The other transition teams include:
*Making Energy More Affordable and Reliable
*Saving You Time and Money: Getting Government to Work for New Jerseyans
*Kids Mental Health and Online Safety
*Lowering Housing Costs and Expanding Homeownership
*Transportation and Infrastructure Innovation
*Fiscal Responsibility and Government Accountability
*Delivering a Strong Education for New Jersey Children
*Jobs, Opportunity, and Prosperity for All
*Affordable Healthcare: Addressing Washington’s Medicaid Cuts
*Driving New Jersey Forward: Economic Development and Innovation
See the members of the transition committee teams here.
A statement from Sherrill’s transition committee said the teams were picked to “chart a bold course for New Jersey’s future and ensure the Governor-elect’s commitment to hit the ground running on Day One priorities.”
The teams include members with diverse and distinguished experience and were developed with input from experts in the state and across the country.
“The transition’s policy process will consist of three key components: 1) the Action Teams being announced today 2) an Interdisciplinary Advisory Task Force to be announced soon and 3) Public Engagement through a survey for the people of New Jersey,” the committee said.
“Governor-elect Sherrill’s approach to transition policy marks a different kind of leadership in Trenton — one grounded in collaboration between government and a diverse array of sectors, a ‘get to yes’ mentality, and a relentless focus on affordability and the cost of living.”
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