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Shanel Y. Robinson, Commissioner Director(Franklin) |
COMMISSIONER RESPONSIBILITIES: Liaison to Engineering and Planning, Cultural & Heritage, Farmland Preservation, GIS, Historic Preservation and Open Space. Ex officio to Constitutional Officers, Courts and Criminal Justice.
LIAISON: Advisory Council on Disability Issues (alternate), Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Local Advisory Council (alternate), Board of Social Services (alternate), Somerset County Business Partnership, Commission on the Status of Women, County Alliance Steering Subcommittee (alternate), Cultural Diversity Coalition, E-Newsletter, Healthier Somerset (alternate), Health Insurance Commission (alternate), Homelessness Trust Fund, Joint Insurance Fund, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (alternate), Library Commission, Mayors Roundtable/Shared Services Coordinating Council, New Jersey Association of Counties (voting member), Office of the Prosecutor, Planning Board, Somerset County Improvement Authority, Superintendent of Schools, Vocational Board of School Estimate, Workforce Development Board (alternate), Youth Services Commission.
PUBLIC SERVICE: Somerset County Board of County Commissioners, Member, January 4, 2019-present; Franklin Township Council, Member, 2015-2018, Deputy Mayor, 2018; Franklin Township Financial Oversight Committee, Hamilton Street Business Advisory Committee, Housing Authority, Fire Prevention Committee, Public Safety Committee, I.T. Steering Committee and Fire Chiefs Committee, Former Member/Council Liaison; Puerto Rican Action Board, Vice Chair.
AFFILIATIONS & COMMUNITY SERVICE: New Jersey Association of Counties, President; State Planning Commission, Member; Central Jersey Chapter of The Links Inc, member; JFK Democratic Club, Franklin Township, President; Somerset County Democratic Black Caucus, Chair; Municipal Democratic Committee, Recording Secretary; Franklin Township Crisis Response Team, Lead; Municipal Ethics Board, Franklin Township, Member; Community for Change, Media & Communications Director; Franklin Warrior Parents Club, President; Franklin Track Club, Business Manager; Franklin Pop Warner Cheer, Head Coach; Cedar Hill Preparatory School, Board Member; United States Air Force Reserves, Avionics Specialist (Flight Leader); Mt. Zion AME Church, Missionary and Dance Ministry Director; and North Stelton AME Church, Children’s Choir Director, Children’s Dance Ministry Co-Director and Former Corresponding Secretary.
BIOGRAPHY: Veteran, U.S. Air Force Reserves, Avionics Specialist; three children, three grandchildren. Professional: Former Borough Administrator, Roselle, NJ. Education: Bachelor of Arts, Labor Studies and Employee Relations, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Minister of Dance-School of Dance (Theology), Eagles International Training Institute, Frisco, Texas; attended Southern University A&M College, inducted into Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society).
AWARDS/RECOGNITION: Named to InsiderNJ.com’s 2019 African American Political Power List; Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, 2019; New Brunswick Area NAACP Political Action Award, 2018; Hidden Physicist (featured in Radiations magazine), Fall 2015; Community Service Award, Remarkable Women Awards, 2014; Eleanor Roosevelt Award, Somerset County Federation of Democratic Women, 2012; Excellence Award, Leadership Development Team, Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, 2010; Appreciation Award, Franklin Warriors Parents Club, 2008-2011; Diamond Award, NJ Conference Women Missionary Society, 2019; Service Award for Global Impact, P.E.A.R.L.S., Inc., 2019; Public Service Award, New Jersey Federation of Democratic Women, 2019; Perth Amboy NAACP Military Service Award, 2019; Business Woman of the Year Finalist, BWNICE Somerset Chapter, 2019; Political Citation Award, Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (Epsilon Alpha Chapter), 2019.