MUNICIPAL CLERK OF THE YEAR
RECIPIENTS

The following honorees are those individuals who have made positive contributions to the Municipal Clerk's profession for the benefit of all Clerks and who have had an impact on the profession.  At the time of the award, all honorees were members of the Municipal Clerks' Association of NJ, Inc., and were employed as tenured Municipal Clerks.  The selection of the annual Municipal Clerk of the Year is made by the Executive Board and announced at the Association’s Annual Meeting during the League of Municipalities Conference in November in Atlantic City. 

 

2009                    Sharon Brienza                          Branchburg Township

 

2008                    Jane Williams-Warren        Paterson City

 

2007                   Nancy Hatten                               Tenafly Borough

 

2006                   Linda Wanat                                  Montclair Township

 

2005                   Kevin Yecco                                   Wildwood Crest Borough

 

2004                   Kathleen Wisniewski             Springfield Township

 

2003                   Elizabeth Mastropasqua    Beachwood Borough

 

2002                   Lucille Debiak                              North Haledon Borough

 

2001                   Angela Pileggi                             Ocean City

 

2000                   Christina Wilder                        Hamilton Township

 

1999                   Joseph Favaro                            Englewood Cliffs Borough

 

1998                   Joel Popkin                                    Neptune City Borough

 

1997                   Jean Pellicane                            Franklin Township

 

1996                   Doris Polidore                            Garwood Borough

 

1995                   Barbara Camp                           Upper Township

 

1994                   Doris Dukes                                 Hackensack City

 

1993                   Elaine Wallace                          Middletown Township

 

1992                   Lewis Thompson                     Millville City

 

1991                   Elizabeth Nolan                       East Windsor Township

 

1990                   Elizabeth Kiss                           East Brunswick Township

 

1989                   Peter Yecco                                 Wildwood City

 

1988                   L. Manuel Hirshblond         Dover Township

 

1987                   William Hurd                              Absecon City

 

1986                   Janet Lynds                                 Wood Ridge Borough

 

1985                   James O’Keefe                         Morris Township

 

1984                   Dorothy Carlson                      Stratford Borough

 

1983                   Norma Sisco                               Sparta Township

 

1982                   Joseph Valenti                          Woodbridge Township

 

1981                   Valentine Meissner              Irvington Township

 

1980                   Frank Ascensio                        Newark City

 

1979                   Otto Bock                                     Westville Borough

 

1978                   Stephen C. Berry Sr.         Glen Ridge Borough

 

1977                    Margaret Mazurie                Sea Isle City

 

1976                   Robert I. Rafford                  Hasbrouck Heights Borough