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Interviews - Alphabetical Listing

George J. Albanese Commissioner, NJ Department of Human Services, Governor Kean

Raymond Bateman
NJ State Senator and Senate President; Republican gubernatorial nominee against Byrne in 1977

Roger A. Bodman
Gubernatorial Campaign Manager for Governor Kean and Commissioner, NJ Department of Transportation

Michael J. Breslin
Former Bergen County Democratic chairman

Albert Burstein
NJ State Assembly Member and Majority Leader

Brendan T. Byrne
New Jersey Governor, 1974-1982

Jean Byrne
Former wife, Governor Byrne

Tom Byrne, Jr.
Chair, NJ Democratic State Party, Son of Governor Byrne

Timothy Carden
Commissioner, Department of Human Services; Cabinet Secretary under Governor Byrne

Charles Carella

Executive Secretary to Governor Byrne; Executive Director, NJ Lottery Commission; Assistant Essex County Prosecutor under Prosecutor Byrne;
Later, Byrne law firm partner


Michael Catania
Deputy Commissioner, NJ Department of Environmental Protection; Governors Kean and Florio; Environmental Section Chief, Office of Legislative Services

Anthony S. Cicatiello
Campaign Manager & Advisory, Governor Kean

Thomas Cochran Special Assistant to Governor Byrne for healthcare and education on finance issues

Richard J. Codey

NJ Governor, NJ State Senator and Senate President; NJ State Assemblyman

Richard Coffee

NJ State Senator; Chair, NJ Democratic State Committee;
Executive Director, NJ Assembly Democrats

Michael R. Cole
Chief Counsel to Governor Kean

Robert Comstock Communications Director; Executive Editor, Bergen Record

Linda Cooper
NJ Department of Labor & Industry; State Energy Office, Governor Byrne

Saul Cooperman
Commissioner, Department of Education, Governor Kean

Chris Daggett
Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection;
Deputy Chief of Staff specializing in education policy for Governor Kean

John Degnan
Attorney General; Executive Secretary;
Counsel and Assistant Counsel to Governor Byrne

Robert J. Del Tufo
Attorney General, Governor Florio; U.S. Attorney for NJ

Harriet Derman
Commissioner of Community Affairs; Chief Counsel, Chief of Staff, Governor Whitman

James P. Dugan
NJ State Senator; NJ State Democratic Chairman


Michael Dukakis
Governor of Massachusetts from 1975-1979 and again from 1983-1991.

W. Cary Edwards
Chief Counsel to Governor Kean

Jerry F. English
Legislative Counsel; Commissioner, NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Governor Byrne

Barry Evenchick

Deputy Attorney General; Chief, Appellate Section of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice; Chairman of the Motor Vehicle Study Commission, Governor Byrne


William Faherty
President, NJ Chamber of Commerce

Fariborz S. Fatemi
Assistant to Governor Brendan Byrne, 1973-1979

Michael Fedorko
Chief, Governor Byrne's Security Unit; Acting Superintendent, NJ State Police;
Later-Commissioner, NJ Casino Control Commission

Harvey Fisher

State House reporter for the Elizabeth Daily Journal and the Bergen Record during Govneror Byrne's term.

James J. Florio
Governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994.

Daniel Gaby
Media Adviser for Governor Byrne;
Vice Chair and Member, NJ State Board of Education

Louis Gambaccini
Commissioner, NJ Department of Transportation, Governor Byrne

Hazel Gluck
Commissioner, Department of Insurance; Commissioner, Department of Transportation and Chair, New Jersey Transit Corporation, Governor Kean

Carl Golden
Press Secretary for Governor Kean

Clifford Goldman
State Treasurer, Governor Byrne

Richard J. Goldstein
Commissioner of Health of New Jersey, Governor Kean

Robert Grady
Communications Director for Governor Kean

Martin L. Greenberg

NJ State Senator; Political Director, 1973 Byrne Campaign; Assistant Essex County Prosecutor under Prosecutor Byrne; President, Golden Nugget Casino-Hotel; Later-Superior Court judge; Byrne law partner


William Hamilton
NJ State Assembly Member and Speaker; NJ State Senator

Alan Handler
Counsel to Governor Byrne; Associate Justice, NJ Supreme Court

Harold Hodes
Chief of Staff, Governor Byrne

Edward T. Hollander
Chancellor, NJ Department of Higher Education, Governors Byrne, Kean and Florio

Michael Horn
State Treasurer, Governor Kean

William Hyland

New Jersey assemblyman; member, Board of Public Utilities, attorney general during Byrne administration

Feather O'Connor Houston State Treasurer; Executive Director, Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, Governor Kean

Robert E. Hughey Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection, Governor Kean

Ralph Izzo
Senior Policy Advisor on energy, science and technology, Governor Kean

Sanford M. Jaffe
Assistant Prosecutor; Chief, Appellate Section under Essex County Prosecutor Byrne

Joseph Katz

Media Adviser and Lobbyist to Governor Byrne;
Cabinet Secretary for Governor Hughes


Thomas H. Kean

New Jersey Governor, 1982-1990


Jane Kenny

Chief of policy and planning, Governor Christine Todd Whitman; later served as Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs; regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Orin Kramer
Special Assistant to Treasurer Leone; Issues Director, 1973 Byrne Campaign; Chair, NJ Investment Council

Jeffrey Laurenti
Executive Director, NJ Senate Democrats

Richard C. Leone
Byrne Campaign manager, 1973 and 1977 Campaigns; State Treasurer

Don Linky
Chief counsel to Governor Byrne; director of the Governor's Office of Policy and Planning

Henry Luther
Executive Secretary to Governor Byrne; Executive Director, NJ Lottery Commission; Manager for 1977 campaign

John Lynch

New Brunswick mayor 1979-91, state senator 1981-2001. Worked with Governor Kean as state Democratic leader.

Gordon MacInnes

Assemblyman; Later-NJ State Senator; Later-Assistant Commissioner, NJ Department of Education, Governor McGreevey

Harold Martin
NJ State Assembly Member; Bergen County Freeholder

Frank McDermott

NJ State Senator and Senate President;
Chair, Sandman Gubernatorial Campaign against Byrne in 1973

Peter McDonough

Director of communications and press secretary, Governor Whitman; Assistant state treasurer

Edward McGlynn
Deputy Chief of Staff; Chief of Staff to Governor Kean

Richard McGlynn
Public Utilities Commissioner, Byrne administration

Kenneth McPherson
Political Adviser to Governor Byrne; Commissioner, Port Authority of NY & NJ; Chair, Hudson Waterfront Study Commission

Edward F. Meara, III Executive Director, Mercer County Chamber of Commerce

Kenneth D. Merin
Deputy Counsel for Governor Kean;
Chief, Governor Kean's Office of Policy and Planning

Richard Mills

Special Assistant on Education to Governor Thomas H. Kean (R) from 1984-1988


Robert E. Mulcahy III

Chief of Staff, Governor Byrne; Commissioner, NJ Department of Corrections; Deputy Commissioner, NJ  Dept. of Human Services; CEO, NJ Sports & Exposition Authority


Daniel J. O'Hern
Counsel to Governor Byrne; Commissioner, NJ Department of Environmental Protection; Associate Justice, NJ Supreme Court

Clinton Pagano

Superintendent, State Police, Governor Byrne;
Executive Director, NJ Motor Vehicle Division


Glenn Paulson
Assistant Commissioner, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection, Governor Byrne

Steven Perskie
Assemblyman; State Senator; Chief of Staff, Governor Florio

Stewart Pollock
Chief Counsel to Governor Byrne; Associate Justice, NJ Supreme Court

Deborah Poritz
Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1996-2006) and Attorney General (1994-1996), both after being nominated by Governor Whitman
Also served as Chief Counsel to Governor Kean (1988-1990)

Alan Rosenthal
Professor, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University

Alan Sagner
Commissioner, NJ Department of Transportation; Finance Chairman, 1973 Campaign; Chairman, Port Authority of NY and NJ

Judy Shaw
Marketing Director, NJ State Lottery; Chief of Staff, NJ Department of Transportation; and Chief of Staff to Governor Christine Todd Whitman.

Patricia Sheehan

Commissioner, NJ Department of Community Affairs, Governor Byrne;
Executive Director, Hackensack Meadowlands Commission


John P. Sheridan
Commissioner, Department of Transporation, Governor Kean;
Chair, New Jersey Transit Corporation

Gary S. Stein
Chief of Governor Kean's Office of Policy & Planning;

Jane Swift
Governor of Massachusetts, 2001-2003

Steven Tasker
Deputy attorney general in the Department of Law & Public Safety

Lewis B. Thurston III
Executive Director, NJ Senate Republicans;
Executive Director, NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission;
Chief of Staff for Governor Thomas H. Kean;
Vice President, NJ Sports & Exposition Authority

Marla Ucelli-Kashyap
Special Assistant for Education to Governor Kean

Carl Van Horn
Policy Advisor, Governor Florio

Stanley C. Van Ness
Public Advocate, Governor Byrne

James Weinstein

Chair of NJ Transit Board of Directors from 1998 to 2002; senior vice president, Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor; in 2010, appointed executive director of NJ Transit by Governor Christie.


Christine Todd Whitman
Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001.

John Whitman
Husband of Governor Whitman.

Betty Wilson

Assemblywoman; Assistant Commissioner, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection, Governor Byrne; NJ Department of Human Services;
Chair, NJ Pinelands Commission  


James Zazzali

Attorney Genera, Governor Byrnel;
Chief Justice and Associate Justice, NJ Supreme Court

Carl Zeitz
Commissioner, NJ Casino Control Commission; State House Bureau Chief, Associated Press; Editorial Page Editor, Bergen Record