Nellie Pou
| Nellie Pou | |
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Pou in 2012
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| Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 35th district |
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Assumed office January 10, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | John Girgenti |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 35th district |
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In office January 29, 1997 – January 10, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Pascrell |
| Succeeded by |
Shavonda E. Sumter Benjie Wimberly |
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| Born | May 20, 1956 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Freid |
| Residence | North Haledon, New Jersey |
| Alma mater |
Kean College Rutgers University University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Assistant Business Administrator, City of Paterson |
| Website | Legislative biography site |
Nelida "Nellie" Pou (born May 20, 1956) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2012, representing the 35th Legislative District. She previously represented the 35th district in the General Assembly. When Pou was sworn into the Assembly on January 29, 1997, to succeed Bill Pascrell, she became the first woman and the first Hispanic to represent the 35th district.
Pou attended Kean College, Rutgers University and the University of Virginia (Business Administration). She is an Assistant Business Administrator in Paterson.
She was appointed to a vacant Assembly seat on January 29, 1997 to succeed Bill Pascrell who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Pou was the Assembly's Deputy Speaker from 2002-2005 and the Assistant Minority Leader from 2000-2001.
In the Assembly Pou served on the Appropriations Committee (as Chair), the Budget Committee, the Education Committee and the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. Previously, Pou served on the Senior Issues Committee (as Chair), the Appropriations Committee (as Vice Chair) and the Education Committee. She has served on the New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect since 1997 and was Chair of the Paterson Department of Human Resources from 1983-1997. She served on the Passaic-Bergen County HIV Health Services Advisory Council from 1993-1997.
Pou elected not to run for re-election to her Assembly seat in 2011, instead choosing to run for the State Senate seat from the district that long-time incumbent John Girgenti was vacating. She defeated former Haledon, New Jersey mayor Ken Pengitore in the general election and was sworn in as Senator in January 2012. In the Senate, she is Vice Chair of the Higher Education and also serves on the Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunities, Budget and Appropriations Committee, and the Judiciary Committee.
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