10/17/2024
Officers for the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey (COANJ) were sworn-in at the Annual Conference held at SeaView Hotel in Galloway. Somerset County Clerk Steve Peter became President; Hudson County Clerk E. Junior Maldonado took the oath as COANJ Secretary; Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon was sworn in as Vice President and Middlesex County Surrogate Claribel Cortes as Treasurer.
Outgoing COANJ President Morris County Surrogate Heather Darling presented the Legislator of the Year Award to Senator Joe Pennacchio. In addition, Darling presented Hudson County Clerk Junior Maldanado with the COANJ Gill C. Job Award for Outstanding Service and B**g Dizon of the Hudson County Clerk's Office with the Rita M. Rosenberg Award for outstanding service.
Section Chiefs for a new term are Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton; Monmouth County Surrogate Maureen Raisch and Atlantic County Clerk Joe Giralo.