Camden
County Officials:
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Edward
McDonnell
Freeholder Deputy Director
520 Market Street
16th Floor
Camden, NJ 08102
(856) 225-5458
mcdonnel@camdencounty.com
Term
- January 2008 through December 2010
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Freeholder Edward McDonnell was first elected to the Camden County
Board of Freeholders in 1995. Professionally, he is the Vice President
of Economic Development and Executive Dean of the Rohrer Center
at Camden County College, responsible for all economic development
program offerings, including customized training for business and
industry.
Freeholder McDonnell began his career in public education as a high
school teacher of Latin, history, English, Journalism and Public
Speaking. Later, he became a middle school counselor and eventually
an elementary school principal in the Collingswood Public School
system. Prior to his current position, Ed served as Camden County
College's Executive Dean of Economic Development, Dean of Enrollment
Management, and Dean of Community Education. He has also served
as an adjunct professor of English since 1974.
Ed
is the former Chairperson of the Collegiate Consortium for Workforce
and Economic Development in Philadelphia, and Chairperson of the
New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic
Development, representing eighteen community colleges across the
state.
Freeholder
McDonnell holds a Doctorate in Educational Administration from Nova
Southeastern University, and has earned two Master of Arts degrees,
one in English and another in Student Personnel Services from Glassboro
State College, where he also received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in English. As a Freeholder, Ed McDonnell oversees the Department
of Finance which includes the Division of Budget, Division of Human
Resources, Division of Purchasing and the Division of Insurance.
He also oversees the Superintendent of Elections and the Board of
Elections. He is also liaison to the Battleship USS New Jersey.
In
addition to his educational and governmental duties, Ed McDonnell
devotes much of his time working with disabled citizens. For over
20 years he has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of LARC
School, a school for disabled children and young adults. He has
served as a member of the Regional Family Support Planning Council
of the New Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities, and as
a member of the South Jersey Advisory Board for the Epilepsy Foundation
of America.
He
is the published author of many articles in the field of public
education, and, along with his late brother, Thomas McDonnell, is
the co-author of A Parents' Guide to Saving Our Children, a publication
created to help parents minimize the impact of drug and alcohol
experimentation by their children. 175,000 copies of the GUIDE were
published by Rutgers University and the South Jersey Newspapers
Company, and distributed to parents throughout Camden, Gloucester,
Cumberland and Salem counties.
Freeholder
McDonnell is a resident of Pennsauken Township and is the proud
father of two daughters; Mandy, who is a student at LARC, and Katie,
who is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Rutgers Law
School.
Freeholder McDonnell is Chairperson of
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