Sheila Y. Oliver

Family

EDUCATION

MSW, Community Organizing, Planning & Administration, Columbia University, 1976
BA, Sociology, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1974

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, 2018-2023
Lieutenant Governor, State of New Jersey, 2018-2023
Candidate, Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, 2021
Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 34, 2004-2018
Assistant County Administrator, County of Essex, New Jersey, 2000-2018
Speaker Emeritus, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2014-2015
Candidate, United States Senate, 2013
Speaker, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2010-2013
Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2008-2009
Assistant Majority Leader, New Jersey General Assembly, 2006-2007
Candidate, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2001
Freeholder, Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders III, 1996-2000

COMMITTEES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant County Administrator, County of Essex, New Jersey, 2001-present
President, Urban Center for Public/Private Partnerships, 1996-2001
Special Assistant, Tri-City Peoples Corporation, 1994-1997
Coordinator, Career Guidance, Caldwell College, 1992-1996
Development Director, Newark Literacy Campaign, 1988-1992
Executive Director, Essex County Division of Community Action, 1987-1991
Executive Director, The Leaguers, Incorporated, 1980-1988
Director, Office of Youth Services & Special Projects, 1978-1980
Coordinator, Job Development, Lincoln University, 1976-1978
Former Director, Essex County Department of Citizen Services
Former Director, Economic Development Training and Employment, Essex County
Former Instructor, Non-profit Management Course, Rutgers Graduate School of Business Administration

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Advisory Board Member, Center for Urban Education, present
Advisory Board Member, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Essex, New Jersey, present
Chair, Advocacy, Prevent Child Abuse, present
Member, Charitable Emporium, present
Co-Founder, East Orange College & Career Collaborative, 2014-present
Vice Chair, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, 2014-present
Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2011
Member, Board of Trustees, East Orange General Hospital, 2004-2010
Member, Women's Political Caucus of New Jersey, 2004-present
President/Vice President/Member, East Orange Board of Education, 1994-2001
Chair, Personnel, East Orange Board of Education, 1996-1999
Member, East Orange Commission on the Status of Women, 1988-1998
Vice President, United Way of the Oranges and Maplewood, 1990-1997
Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1996-present
Member, New Jersey State Democratic Committee, 1994-1996
Member, Coalition of 100 Black Women-New Jersey, 1985-1990
Former Board Member, Global Women's Leadership Collaborative of New Jersey
Former Board Member, Newark Collaboration Group
Former Board Member, Programs for Parents
Former Board Member, Newark Coalition for Neighborhoods
Former Board Member, Rutgers-Newark Educational Opportunity Fund Advisory Council
Former Member, National Conference of State Legislatures
Former Member, National Speakers Association
Former Member, Women In Government
Former Member, State Legislative Leaders Conference
Fromer Recording Secretary, Essex County Democratic Party