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Joan Voss

Joan Voss
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Assumed office
January 2012
Personal details
Born Joan M. Voss
(1940-08-21) August 21, 1940 (age 76)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Children Theodore
Alma mater Montclair State University, B.A., M.A.
Fordham University, Ed.D.
Website Bergen County Freeholders
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 38th legislative district
In office
January 1, 2004 – January 10, 2012
Serving with Connie Wagner
Preceded by Rose Marie Heck
Succeeded by Tim Eustace
Personal details
Political party Democratic

Joan Voss (born August 21, 1940, New York City) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 until 2012, representing the 38th legislative district. Voss was elected to the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 2011 after choosing not to seek reelection to her Assembly seat.

Voss graduated with a B.A. in 1962 from Montclair State University (History and English), an M.A. in 1971 from Montclair State University (Education) and received an Ed.D. from Fordham University (Education).

Voss taught at Fort Lee High School beginning in 1963. She served as Departmental Assistant of the Social Studies and English Departments from 2000 to 2003. She had previously functioned briefly as the Departmental Assistant of the combined Science, Math and Guidance Departments in 1992. In 1983, she developed a humanities program to help prepare students for college in the areas of philosophy, ancient history, the classics, ethics, and European and Asian history and culture. The Humanities Course was offered for credit at several colleges and universities. She has been an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University, Saint Peter's College and Edward Williams College of Fairleigh Dickinson University.

She served on the Fort Lee Borough Council from 1993-2004. Voss is a member of the Fort Lee Municipal Alliance Committee, which coordinates community and school activities and served on the Borough's Board of Ethics.


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