HRC Officers
Chair: Ashton Burrell
Vice Chair: Yumiko Mishima
Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: Karen Positan
Governor Appointments – Public Members
Joe D. Mazza, Ph.D.
Ashton S. Burrell
The Honorable Joseph R. Santagata
Kathy Esquiche
Assembly Appointments – Public Members
Emy Quispe of Elizabeth
Edmund DeVeaux of Franklin
Ronald L. Owens of South Plainfield
Senate Appointments – Public Members
Stephen Hobson
Anthony Cureton
Vacant
County Human Relations Council – Public Members
Karen E. Positan
Yumiko Mishima
Angeline M. Dean
Tulsi R. Maharjan, Ph.D.
Paula C. Rodriguez Rust, Ph.D.
Joanne D. Reilly, MA, LPC
Mary R. McGowan
Ex-Offico Members
Attorney General, NJ Department of Law and Public Safety
Secretary of State, NJ Department of State
Commissioner of the Department of Education
Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs
Commissioner of the Department of Corrections
Commissioner of the Department of Human Services
Public Defender, NJ Office of the Public Defender
Acting Administrative Director, Administrative Office of the Courts
Director, NJ Division of Criminal Justice
Superintendent, NJ Division of State Police
Director, NJ Division on Civil Rights
President of the County Prosecutors Association of NJ
President of the NJ State Association of Chiefs of Police
President of the Bias Crime Officers Association of NJ
County Superintendent of Schools
President of the NJ Principals and Supervisors Association
President of the NJ Education Association
Senate Representatives to the HRC
Senator Nellie Pou
Vacant Position
Assembly Representatives to the HRC
Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera, 4th Legislative District
Assemblywoman Aura K. Dunn, 25th Legislative District