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Revision as of 07:44, 8 August 2019
Charlotte Vandervalk | |
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 39th Legislative District | |
| In office February 21, 1991 – January 10, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Randall |
| Succeeded by | Holly Schepisi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 31, 1937 Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
Charlotte Vandervalk (born July 31, 1937) is an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1991 until 2012, representing the 39th legislative district. She served in the Assembly as Deputy Republican Leader from 2002-2003 and Assistant Majority Leader from 1992-1995.[1]
Vandervalk served in the Assembly on the Higher Education Committee and the Housing and Local Government Committee.[1]
Vandervalk worked in the legislature on health care policy, sponsoring legislation on HMO reform, appropriations of expanded funds to home health care and the Work First NJ welfare reform program. She has served on the Governor’s Advisory Council on AIDS since 2002, and on the Commission for Study of Pain Management Policy, since 2003. She served on the Certificate of Need Study Commission in 1999, the Governor’s Task Force on Welfare Reform in 1996 and the Capital Planning Commission from 1991-1992. Vandervalk served on the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1986-1991 and was a member of the Montvale Borough Council from 1980-1985.[1]
On August 25, 2011, Vandervalk announced that she would not run for re-election in November, saying that she wanted to spend more time with her family, and would continue to serve until her term ended in January 2012.[2] In January 2012 she was succeeded in the Assembly by Holly Schepisi.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed August 26, 2011.
- ^ Gartland, Michael. "Vandervalk won't run again", The Record (Bergen County), August 26, 2011. Accessed August 26, 2011. "Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk announced on Thursday that she will not run for reelection in the 39th Legislative District in November.... 'I just felt it was time,' she said. 'I don't have any health problems or anything like that — at least that I know about. I just would like more time with my family.'"
- ^ "Turnover in N.J. Legislature is slight". Asbury Park Press. 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
External links
- Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk's website
- Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms
- New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
- New Jersey city council members
- County freeholders in New Jersey
- New Jersey Republicans
- People from Montvale, New Jersey
- Women state legislators in New Jersey
- Women city councillors in the United States
- 21st-century American politicians
- 21st-century American women politicians