Donna Rendeiro spent a decade working in different government agencies. She is now executive director of the state Office of Planning Advocacy and secretary of ...

Hanaa Hamdi wants to bring people together to create sustainable, equitable and healthy neighborhoods

Evelyn Padin, new president of the New Jersey State Bar Association, runs a private practice and a real-estate business; she’s also a restaurant owner

Sadaf Jaffer, New Jersey’s first female Muslim mayor, says: ‘I want to be that person I needed to see when I was younger’

Acting Superintendent Katrina McCombs already has plans in place to address Camden’s myriad problems — from gang violence to trauma — but she also needs ...

Georgia native focuses on developing ‘first-class, best-in-the-nation, free community college plan’ for New Jersey

Johanna Calle, director of the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, was undocumented for 11 years

Robert Gregory rises through the school ranks as Newark regains local control

A hearing teacher, Amy Andersen has taught hundreds of mostly hearing students to be proficient in American Sign Language

Amol Sinha, head of the NJ ACLU, doesn’t just want to fight the good fight — he wants to fight all of them