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BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS

ATLANTIC COUNTY GOVERNMENT

BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS

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John W. Risley
At-Large

201 S. Shore Rd.
Northfield, NJ 08225
(609) 645-5900
FAX: (609) 645-5922

Term expires 2014

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AD HOC COMMITTEES:

Chairperson: Education and Schools Committee
Tourism Committee
Member: 911 Central Dispatch Committee
Budget and Finance Committee
Homeless Committee
Jail Committee
Public Safety Committee
Solid Waste Oversight Committee
 
 

ADVISORY BOARDS/COMMISSIONS:

Freeholder Representative:

  Atlantic Cape Community College Board of School Estimate
Atlantic County Institute of Technology and Special Services School District Board of School Estimate
New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) - Substitute
Police Training Advisory Board
Senior Citizens Advisory Board
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 
Biography:  John Risley was elected Freeholder-at-Large in November 2011. He previously served on the Board of Freeholders from 1995 to 2004. Freeholder Risley has devoted a lifetime of public service as a past president of the Mainland Regional Board of Education, a Linwood City Councilman, former President of Somers Point City Council and most recently, past Deputy Mayor for Egg Harbor Township. John is the owner and President of L. O. Thomas and Company, Inc. a FINRA/SIPC member investment firm founding in 1929. He has been guiding clients with investment advice for over 35 years. John is a member of M. B. Taylor Lodge in Hammonton and a Past Master of Keystone Lodge in Linwood. John resides in Egg Harbor Township with his wife, Dawn and children, Ashley, John, III and Harold.