Shavonda Sumter's Biography
- State Assembly (NJ) - District 35, Democratic
Full Name:
Shavonda E. Sumter
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Kenneth; 2 Children: Tyler, Kenneth
Birth Date:
01/19/1974
Home City:
Paterson, NJ
BA, Political Science, Kean University
MBA, Health Systems Management, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1999-2002
Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 35, 2012-present
Candidate, New Jersey State Assembly, District 35, 2023
Majority Conference Leader, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2015-2019
Deputy Speaker, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2014-2015
Former Member, Health and Senior Services Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Vice Chair, Labor Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Member, Law and Public Safety Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Vice Chair, State and Local Government Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Director, Behavioral Health Services, Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, New Jersey, 2007-present
Director, Hackensack University Medical Center Mountainside Hospital, 2007-present
Campaign Manager, Jeffery Jones Campaign for Paterson Mayor, 2010
Director of Business Development, Summit Oaks Hospital, 2002-2005
Associate Director, Bartlett Associates, 1996-1998
Member, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, 2008-present
Member, Board of Trustees, Saint Luke Center for Disease Control, present
Vice President, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Paterson Branch, present
Former Chair, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Former Secretary, Paterson Municipal Utility Authority
Former Treasurer, Paterson Municipal Utility Authority
Chair, Greater Paterson Opportunities for Improvement Center, 2008-2011
Father's Name:
Charles Williams
Mother's Name:
Bonnie Williams