Donna Simon

New Jersey General Assembly – Representative, Legislative District 16

• Pro-Life
• NRA - A+ rating
• 220K Constituents / Constituent Services / Case Management/ Community Engagement
• Engaged regularly with Federal, State, and International relationships with Business/Trade/Public Affair Groups
• NJ Business Action Center: Red Tape Commission
• Staff Management: Chief of Staff, Directors, Legislative and Community Relations, Assembly and Joint Committee and Session Aides, Manager, Constituent Services and Case Management, Office Manager, Interns

New Jersey Assembly Committees

• Ranking Member, Assembly Education Committee
• Ranking Member, Assembly Telecommunication and Utilities
• Member, Assembly State Government
• Member, Joint Senate, Assembly on Public Schools - Innovative Practices: School Choice, Charter Schools, Virtual Learning
• Data, Research, Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) and Educator Evaluations Student and Field Services: Special Education, After School Programs, Career and Technical Schools and School Consolidation
• Chair, “Mental Illness in Public Schools”
• Chair, “School Consolidation”
• Committee Substitute: Assembly Budget - Appropriations - Health and Human Services - Finance and Insurance - Law and Public Safety - Regulated Professions
• Diplomatic State Business Summit with Japanese Delegation
• Diplomatic State Business Summit with Deputy Consulate, Israel

Legislation signed into law: Democrat controlled Senate & House

• Bail Reform via public Referendum – help low offense drug convictions with treatment instead of incarceration.
• NJ Safe Haven expansion for individuals to surrender their infants to PD’s/FD’s.
• Environmental Infrastructure Trust to aide Municipalities - Capital projects
• Horticulture Therapy Week -3rd week of March – A holistic and therapeutic approach for individuals with cognitive and physical developmental disabilities, behavioral, psychiatric, emotional, medical, substance abuse, addiction, and PT/OT.

Readington Township NJ, Committeewoman

• Liaison to Board of Health, Municipal Court System, Department Public Works, Shared Services

Community Engagement

• Gubernatorial appointment - Board of Trustees, NJ State Museum
• Gubernatorial appointment - Election Board of Canvassers
• Hunterdon County Marine Corps League Detachment #929, Community Service Award VA Hospital Volunteer Service Commendation
• Hunterdon County Veteran’s Job Fair, Regional Host
• Speaker, Military Commemorate and Memorial Events
• Lyons Veteran Administration events host (Christmas Celebration, Card Night 1x month)
• Honorary Major, Civil Air Patrol
• Former Board of Directors Member, CASA SHaW (Court Appointed Special Advocates) *Executive Committee Board Leadership, Court Appointed Advocate (sworn in 2009 –Somerset County Court System) Fund Development Committee
• Former Board of Directors Member, VGOO Volunteer Guardianship One on One -helping the elderly with no family (Court Appointed Guardians)
• Co-Chair “1st Legislative Sleep-Out” Covenant House helping homeless children.
• Co-Chair NJ Prayer Unity Breakfast with Majority Leader Lou Greenwald, NJ General Assembly
• 1st Young Women Leadership Institute / Legislative District 16 (selected group of junior and senior high school young women interested in various levels of legislative, judicial, and executive government)
• Panelist: Rutgers Eagleton Institute Center for Women in Politics
• Keynote: Somerset County ELC, Mercer County ELC, Hunterdon County Chamber Legislative Breakfast
• Civics lessons: Elementary School (hosted in classroom and at State House)
• State Government lesson: High School Advanced Political Sciences classes
• Press Conferences, Tele town Halls, mobile offices.

Readington Township Board of Health: 2009-2011

• American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, Domestic Violence / Human Trafficking, Food Banks, Autism Fundraisers, American Red Cross, Hunterdon Prevention Resources (Substance Abuse), One Voice Interfaith Community Organization, Tourette Syndrome, Brain Alliance Foundation, 200 Club (Police Community Awareness)

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

• 1st State Award: American Conservative Union (ACU): “Defender of Liberty” -100 % - NJ State Legislative rating.
• NJ Conference of Mayors “Legislator of the Year”
• Outstanding Citizen Award – Boy Scouts of America, Patriots Path Council
• Hunterdon County Marine Corp Detachment Community Service Award
• Nominated to attend the Council of State Government Robert J. Thompson
• Eastern Leadership Academy / University of Pennsylvania
• 22nd Annual Millicent Fenwick Award for Outstanding Public Service
• Peter J. Biondi Community Service Award: Somerset Resource Center for Domestic Violence
• Chabad of Hunterdon County - Community Service Award
• Somerset County Community Leader Award
• Defender of the Taxpayer: Americans for Prosperity
• Taxpayer Hero: Americans for Prosperity

Hackensack Meridian Medical Center – Carrier Clinic Behavioral Health Hospital

• Member, Board of Trustees, newly acquired healthcare partner to 16 hospital
• system
• Member, Hackensack Meridian University Medical School Academic Committee
• 1st Behavioral Urgent Care Center opening

Carrier Clinic Behavioral Health Hospital

• Member, Board of Trustees
• Chairwoman: Corporate Compliance
• Member, Governance/ Nominating Committee

Raritan Valley Community College

• Member, Board of Trustees
• Education Programs and Services/ Workforce Development
• Intermittent Acting Chair
• Strategic Planning Committee

New Jersey AniMeals

• Member, Board of Trustees
• Vice President, Executive Board
• Chair: Fundraising

Grassroots Republican Volunteerism / Leadership

2024 NC – Wake Forest - Rolesville

• Wake Forest Area Republican Club Region Leader
• Grew Precincts by 58.3%
• Lead fully staffed 17 days of Primary Early Voting, Primary Runoff and 12
• Precincts on Primary Election Day
• Lead fully staffed 17 days of November General Election Early Voting and
• 12 Precincts on General Election Day
• Redirected volunteers to other areas of Wake County for Early Voting
• Partnered with Trump Force & Turning Point Action
• Partnered with other Region Leaders and Clubs

2023 Wake County / Wake Forest - Rolesville

• Campaign, Faith 4 Wake Forest Commissioner
• Team Cross / Ballman / Curran / Paul (won 3 out of 4 seats)
• Wake County Republican Party, Regional Chair Wake Forest / Rolesville
• Wake Forest, Precinct Chair – 19-07
• Volunteer / Wake County Republican Convention
• Wake County and NC State Delegate

2021-2022 NC – Beaufort County

• Member
• NC Delegate

NJ – Hunterdon County

• 2011-2020 Hunterdon and Somerset County Federation of Republican Women, Member
• 2017 Guadagno for NJ Governor
• 2005-2020 Chairwoman, NJ - Readington Township Republican Club
• Grassroots Campaign volunteer - Hunterdon County Commissioner, Readington Township Mayor, Committee person races.
• 2005-2020 NJ - Poll Watcher, local and At-Large
• 2005-2012 NJ -Hunterdon County GOP, Member
• 2007 Hunterdon County GOP Chair- Fundraising Committee
• 2000 NJ - Hunterdon County Regional Ground Campaign for the
• Christie/Guadagno Gubernatorial ticket – (100 volunteers) achieving the highest percentage plurality in NJ.
• 2008 Hunterdon County NJ Sheriff Grassroots Recall (200 volunteers) Resulted in Sheriff not running for reelection.