Governor Christine Todd Whitman Cabinet and Staff

 

Cabinet

Adjutant General
Maj. Gen. Vito Morgano (April 9, 1990 – April 4, 1994)
Maj. Gen. Paul Glazar (April 4, 1994 – January 15, 2002)

Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur R. Brown, Jr. (July 1, 1982 – January 15, 2002)

Attorney General
Deborah Poritz (January 18, 1994 – July 10, 1996)
Peter Verniero (July 10, 1996 – May 15, 1999)
Paul Zoubek (Acting; May 15, 1999 – June 3, 1999)John Farmer, Jr. (June 3, 1999 – January 15, 2002)

Banking and Insurance Commissioner
Elizabeth Randall (March 10, 1994 – August 24, 1998)*
Jaynee LaVecchia (August 24, 1998 – January 18, 2000)
Karen Suter (January 18, 2000 – October 3, 2001)

Commerce Commissioner
Gualberto Medina (January 31, 1994 – August 28, 1998)**

Community Affairs Commissioner
Harriet Derman (February 7, 1994 – May 1, 1996)
Jane Kenny (May 1, 1996 – November 18, 2001)

Corrections Commissioner
William Fauver (January 18, 1978 – December 31, 1997)
Gary Hilton (Acting; January 1, 1998 – March 2, 1998)
John Terhune (March 3, 1998 – January 1, 2001)

Education Commissioner
Leo Klagholz (February 23, 1994 – April 4, 1999)
David Hespe (April 5, 1999 – February 26, 2001)

Environmental Protection Commissioner
Robert Shinn (February 7, 1994 – January 15, 2002)

Health and Senior Services Commissioner
Len Fishman (Janaury 23, 1994 – March 1999)***
Christine Grant (June 21, 1999 – August 10, 2001)

Human Services Commissioner
William Waldman (December 1, 1992 – June 30, 1998)
Michele (Kent) Guhl (July 1, 1998 – February 1, 2001)

Insurance Commissioner
Andrew Karpinski (July 6, 1994 – October 12, 1995)
Elizabeth Randall (October 13, 1995 – June 27, 1996)*

Labor Commissioner
Peter Calderone (January 18, 1994 – January 1997)
Melvin Gelade (January 27, 1997 – June 2000)
Mark Boyd (June 26, 2000 – January 15, 2002)

Personnel Commissioner
Linda Anselmini (March 10, 1994 – January 20, 1998)
Janice Mitchell Mintz (February 4, 1998 – January 15, 2002)

Secretary of State
Lonna Hooks (January 18, 1994 – June 30, 1998)
Carol Cronheim (Acting; July 1, 1998 – January 11, 1999)
DeForest Soaries, Jr. (January 12, 1999 – January 15, 2002)

Transportation Commissioner
Frank Wilson (April 6, 1994 – December 31, 1996)
John Haley, Jr. (January 6, 1997 – December 7, 1998)
James Weinstein (December 7, 1998 – January 15, 2002)

Treasurer
Brian Clymer (January 24, 1994 – June 30, 1997)
James DiEleuterio (July 1, 1997 – August 13, 1999)
Roland Machold (August 30, 1999 – February 1, 2001)

*Banking and Insurance were separate departments until 1996, when they were combined. Elizabeth Randall served first as Banking Commissioner, then as Insurance Commissioner, then as the Commissioner of the combined Department of Banking and Insurance. John Traier served as Action Banking Commissioner from October 13, 1995 – June 27, 1996, while Randall was Insurance Commissioner.
**The commerce department was abolished in 1998.
***The Department of Health became the Department of Health and Senior Services on July 1, 1976. Fishman was Health Commissioner until that date, then Health and Senior Services Commissioner.

Staff

Chief of Staff
Judy Shaw (1994-1995)
Peter Verniero (1995-1996)
Harriet Derman (1996-1997)
Michael Torpey (1997-2000)

Chief of Policy and Planning
Jane Kenny (1994-1996)
Eileen McGinnis (1996-2001)

Chief Counsel
Peter Verniero (1994-1995)
Margaret Foti (1995-1996)
Harriet Derman (1996)
Michael Torpey (1996-1997)
John Farmer, Jr. (1997-1999)
Richard Mroz (1999-2001)

Director of Communications
Carl Golden (1994-1996)
Becky Taylor (1996)
Peter McDonough (1996-2001)

Deputy Chiefs of Staff
Philip Angarone (1994-2001)
Michele (Kent) Guhl (1994-1995)
Janice Mitchell Mintz (1995-1996)
Deborah De Santis (1996-1998)
John Kohler (1998-2001)

Deputy Chiefs of Policy and Planning
Elizabeth Murray (1996-1998)
Brian Baxter (1998-2001)
Bruce Stout (1999-2000)
Carol Cronheim (2000-2001)

Deputy Chief Counsel
Michael Torpey (1994-1996)
John Farmer, Jr. (1996-1997)
Jessica Furey (1997-1999)
Robert Fabricant (1999-2001)

Deputy Director of Communications
Jayne O’Connor (1997-1998)
Robert Bostock [Senior Deputy Director of Communications] (1998-1999)
Richard Ambrosino [Senior Deputy Director of Communications] (1999-2001)

Senior Associate Counsel
Janice Mitchell Mintz (1994-1996)
Jessica Furey (1996-1997)

Press Secretary
Rita Manno (1994-1995)Becky Taylor (1995-1996)
Peter McDonough (1996-1998)
Jayne O’Connor (1998-2001)

Appointments Counsel
Madeline Ferraro (1994-1995)
Rocco Iossa (1995-1997)
Thomas Blakely [Director of Appointments] (1997-1998)
Mark Stefanacci (1998-1999)
Darlene Pereksta (1999-2001)

Authorities Unit Director
Richard Mroz (1994-1998)
Cynthia Covie (1998-1999)
Devon Graf (1999-2002)

Special Counsel to the Governor
Richard Mroz (1998-1999)

Washington, D.C. Office Director
Margeurite Sullivan (1994-1998)
Susan Spencer (1998-2001)