Full Name:
Benjie E. Wimberly
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Kimberlyn; 4 Children: Justin, Jared, Jordan, Jaden
Birth Date:
12/01/1964
Birth Place:
Paterson
Home City:
Paterson, NJ
Certified, Special Education, Teacher of the Handicapped, William Paterson University, 1990-1993
BA, Sociology, Virginia State University, 1984-1989
Senator, New Jersey State Senate, District 35, 2025-present
Speaker Pro Tempore, New Jersey State Assembly, 2022-2025
Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 35, 2012-2025
Candidate, New Jersey State Assembly, District 35, 2023
Deputy Speaker, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2016-2022
City Councilman/Director of Recreation, At-Large, City of Paterson, 2010-2012
Former Member, Budget Committee, New Jersey General Assembly
Former Chair, Commerce and Economic Development Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Member, Higher Education Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Chair, Housing and Community Development Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Member, Joint Committee on Housing Affordability, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Vice Chair, Regulatory Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Member, School Facilities and Construction Subcommittee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Chair, Student and Field Services Subcommittee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Vice Chair, Telecommunications and Utilities Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Coach, Hackensack High School, 2012-present
Coordinator for Joint Recreational Services, Paterson Public Schools, 2012-present
Former Coach, Eastside High School
Former Teacher, Eastside High School, Special Education
Former Coach, Paterson Catholic High School Football Team
Director, Paterson Division of Recreation, 1998-2012
Member, Mayor's United Negro College Fund Task Force
Lifetime Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated
Member, Reverend Doctor Frank Napier, Junior Scholarship Committee