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Gerard Scharfenberger
Profile
Gerard Scharfenberger is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 13th Legislative District since 2020. Before his election to the state legislature, he served as the Mayor of Middletown Township and as a member of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. An archaeologist by training, Scharfenberger has also worked as an adjunct professor at Monmouth University. Throughout his career, he has focused on local planning and historical preservation, and he notably refused his legislative salary during the COVID-19 pandemic to protest the state's handling of unemployment claims.
Details
- Born
- November 29, 1958 · 67 years old
- Birth place
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Education
- Monmouth University
- Career
- Archaeologist, Adjunct Professor of Archaeology, Mayor of Middletown Township, Director of the Office for Planning Advocacy
