Professional Experience
Vice President, Urban Data Systems Incorporated, 1976-1989
Executive, Prudential Insurance Company, 1963-1975
Educator, Pulaski Elementary, Robert Treat Junior High, Southside High, 1957-1963
Former National President, Young Men's Christian Association.
Political Experience
Member, Democratic Whip Organization, present
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1988-present
Councilmember, Newark Municipal City Council, 1982-1988
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1980, 1986
Candidate, Essex County Executive, 1978
Freeholder, Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1972-1978.
Organizations
Board of Directors, Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark
Board of Directors, Congressional Award Foundation
Board of Directors, Discovery Channel Foundation
Board of Directors, Enterprise Works
Board of Directors, Fighting Back Initiative
Foreign Relations Council
Advisory Council, Ingovermental Relations
Past President, The Leaguers
National Association of Advancement of Colored People
National Council of Negro Women
Board of Directors, National Endowment for Democracy
Board of Directors, Newark Day Center
Board of Directors, Newark YMCA
Board of Directors, Trans Africa
United States Committee for UNICEF.
Current Office
House of Representatives
County
Essex, Hudson, Short Hills, Union. Cities and townships:
Bayonne, East Orange, Elizabeth, Hillside, Irvington, Jersey
City, Linden, Maplewood Millburn, Montclair, Newark, Orange,
Rahway, Roselle, South Orange, Union, and West Orange.
Population (2000), 647,258.
Zipcodes
07002, 07017-19, 07028, 07036, 07040-42, 07044, 07050-52,
07065, 07078-79, 07083, 07088, 07101-03, 07105-08, 07111-12,
07114-75, 07184, 07188-89, 07191-95, 07197-99, 07201-03, 07205-
08, 07304-05
Washington, D.C. Address
2209 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3436
Fax: 202-225-4160
District Address
50 Walnut Street, Room 1016
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-645-3213
Fax: 973-645-5902
District Address
253 Dr. Martin L. King Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07305
Phone: 201-369-0392
Fax: 201-369-0395
District Address
333 North Broad Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
Phone: 908-629-0222
Fax: 908-6229-0221