Rose McConnell

 

Republican Candidate Rose McConnell for the New Jersey State Assembly in the 22nd Legislative District

 

Distinguished Leader, Public Servant & People Advocate

 

Career Highlights

  • Entered Public Service January 1977…to present
  • Distinguished Governing Official & Community Leader, People Advocate and Public Servant
  • Honors & Awards for Distinguished Public Service and Leadership Excellence
  • Role model & coach to women, including leadership in SCNJ Federation of Republican Women

 

Current Affiliations

  • Somerset County Parks Commission
  • Somerset County Board of Social Services
  • Somerset County Advisory Council to Office on Aging
  • Somerset County Youth Services Commission
  • Somerset County Liquor & Alcohol Abuse Council
  • Somerset County Governing Officials
  • North Plainfield Community Center Committee
  • North Plainfield Republican Club Trustee
  • Somerset County Federation of Republican Women (Various Leadership roles)
  • New Jersey Federation of Republican Women
  • Friends of Vermule Preservation of Revolutionary Historic Site
    • Heritage Trail Association, Board of Directors

 

Public Service

  • Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1990-1999, Freeholder Director, 1994, 1997
  • Somerset Public Employees Charitable Campaign (SPECC), Chairman, 1993-1994
  • Somerset County Advisory Council to the Office on Aging, Member, 1993
  • Somerset County Planning Board Member, 1991-1992, Alternate 1993-1995
  • Somerset County Tercentenary Committee, Member, 1988
  • New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), Member, 1993-2004
  • New Jersey Advisory Commission on the Status of Women
  • North Plainfield Borough Council, 1977-1990, Council President, 1983
  • Somerset County Governing Officials, 1985-presnt, President, 1986
  • Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women, 1994-1997

 

Affiliations & Community Service

  • Somerset County Coalition on Affordable Housing, Board of Directors, 1992-present
  • Somerset County Family Counseling Service, Board of Directors, 1992-present
  • Somerset County Medical Center, Board of Trustees, 1991-present
  • Somerset County Governing Officials Association, 1985-present, President 1986, Legislation Cmte 1998
  • Somerset Alliance for the Future
  • Catholic Women’s Club of the Plainfields
  • Rutgers Alumni Association, Rider Alumni Association
  • New Jersey women in Municipal Government
  • New Jersey Elected women Officials, Executive Board 1993
  • Somerset County Federation Republican Women (Various Leadership Roles over the years)
  • Heritage Trail of Somerset County, 1994

 

Honors and Awards

    • Somerset County GOP, ‘Chairman’s Award’, 2003
    • North Plainfield Alumni Hall of Fame, 1998
    • Rolling Hills Girl Scout Council, ‘Woman of Achievement’ Award, 1997
    • Somerset County Commission on Status of Women, ‘Woman of the Year’ Award 1996
    • Millicent Fenwick ‘Excellence in Public Service’ Award, 1995
    • Marconi Foundation Scholar Award, 1994
    • YWCA, New Brunswick, ‘Woman of the Year in Politics’, 1993
    • NJ Federation of Business & Professional Women, District 1, ‘Woman of the Year’ 1991
    • Business & Professional Women of the Plainfields, ‘Woman of the Year’ 1984