Marcia A. Karrow
| Marcia A. Karrow | |
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| Executive Director - New Jersey Meadowlands Commission | |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Chairperson, Subcommittee on Environmental Protection for Governor-Elect Chris Christie | |
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In office 2009–2010 |
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| Member of the New Jersey State Senate from the 23rd district | |
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In office November 8, 2005 – November 23, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Leonard Lance |
| Succeeded by | Michael J. Doherty |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
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In office November 8, 2005 – February 9, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Connie Myers |
| Succeeded by | John DiMaio |
| Member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders for Hunterdon County | |
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In office 1994–2005 |
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| Member of the Raritan Township Committee | |
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In office 1999–2002 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | March 10, 1959 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Raritan Township |
| Alma mater |
Smith College (B.A.) University of Michigan (M.A.) Baruch College (M.B.A.) |
Marcia A. Karrow (born March 10, 1959) is an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate where she represented the 23rd legislative district, having taken office on February 9, 2009. She had won a January 24, 2009 special election convention, defeating Assemblyman Michael J. Doherty, for the right to succeed Congressman Leonard Lance who resigned from the Senate after his election to the U.S House of Representatives. She previously served for three years in the General Assembly representing the same district she represented in the Senate. She was defeated by Doherty in the 2009 primary election and was succeeded by him on November 23, 2009.
Karrow graduated with a B.A. from Smith College in History (1981), an M.A. from the University of Michigan in Classical Archaeology (1985) and was awarded a M.B.A. from Baruch College of the City University of New York in 1991 (Finance/Budget).
Karrow served on the Raritan Township Committee from 1994 to 2002, as Deputy Mayor in 1996, and as Mayor in 1998. She served on the Raritan Township Planning Board from 1992 to 1993 and in 1998. She served on the Raritan Township Environmental Commission from 1994, the Raritan Township Open Space Advisory Committee from 1997, the Raritan Township Agricultural Advisory Board from 1999, and on the Raritan Township Economic Development Committee from 1994 to 1996. She also served on the Flemington Partnership for Progress on its Board of Directors / Chair, Economic Restructuring from 1994 to 1997 and on the Governor's Planning Council on Aging in 1994. Karrow was a member of the Raritan Valley Community College Search Committee from 1995 to 1998.
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