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Benjie Wimberly's Biography

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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

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