Joan Voss
| Joan Voss | |
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 38th legislative district |
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| In office January 1, 2004 – January 10, 2012 Serving with Connie Wagner |
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| Preceded by | Rose Marie Heck |
| Succeeded by | Tim Eustace |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 21, 1940 New York City, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
Joan Voss (b. 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.
[edit] Biography
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).[1]
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.[1]
In the 2003 election for the General Assembly, Voss and running mate Robert M. Gordon unseated the incumbents, Green Party candidate Matt Ahearn and Republican Rose Marie Heck. (Heck did not run for reelection, instead choosing to run for the district's State Senate seat that year and losing to Joseph Coniglio).[2]
Voss served in the Assembly on the Education Committee (as Vice Chair), Higher Education Committee, the Regulated Professions Committee and the Joint Committee on the Public Schools.[1]
Due to redistricting, which moved her hometown of Fort Lee to the 37th district, Voss did not run for re-election in 2011 and was replaced on the ballot by Tim Eustace. Instead, she ran for and won a seat on the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Assemblywoman Voss's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed March 31, 2008.
- ^ Kornacki, Steve. In huge win for McGreevey, Democrats win control of Senate, gain six Assembly seats, National Organization for Women New Jersey, November 5, 2003. Accessed July 27, 2007. "former Fair Lawn Mayor Robert Gordon and Fort Lee Councilwoman Joan Voss won the 38th districts seats of Heck and Green Party Assemblyman Matt Ahearn."
- ^ "Turnover in N.J. Legislature is slight". Asbury Park Press. 2012-01-10. http://www.app.com/article/20120110/NJNEWS1002/301100014/Turnover-N-J-Legislature-slight. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
[edit] External links
- Assemblywoman Voss's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms
- New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Fairleigh Dickinson University faculty
- Fordham University alumni
- Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
- Montclair State University alumni
- New Jersey Democrats
- People from Fort Lee, New Jersey
- Saint Peter's College (New Jersey) faculty
- Seton Hall University faculty
- Women state legislators in New Jersey
