Town Board Members
Redevelopment Agency

Anthony Comprelli (Superintendent of Schools, wife is Board of Education employee)
Douglas DaRocha
James Fife (Board of Education member, former Board of Education employee, wife is Board
of Education employee)
Maria Ries (is also on the Zoning Board.)
Raymond J. McDonough (Mayor)
Thomas Powell (Town employee, Commissioner of the Passaic Valley Sewerage
Commission, Mayor McDonough's boss at Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, wife is Town
Tax Collector (making over $100,000 a year)
Peter B. Higgins, III (Former 4th Ward Councilman, former Board of Education employee,
consultant to the Board of Education, wife is Board of Education employee)
Gregory Kowalski, Esq., Executive Director (Mayor McDonough's bother-in-law)

Board of Health
Merle E. Coolican (Mother-in-law of Peter B. Higgins, III)
Jean Doffont
Saundra Karchmar
Veronica Lutrario (daughter is town employee, nephew has lucrative town contract to fix
heating and air conditioning systems in the town buildings)
Mary Ellen Lynch (former Board of Education employee)
Dr. Judith E. Malinowski
Nannan Wang
Karen Comer, Director

Harrison Housing Authority
Irene Almeida
Joan Graziano (Town Employee)
Dawn Kinsella (Father was former 3rd Ward Councilman Joseph Kinsella)
Thomas Lucas (Former Harrison Housing Authority Executive Director, wife is the Acting
Director of the Library)
Lisa Martinez
Brunilda Mustilli (Board of Education employee)
George Rice
Michael Rodgers, Executive Director (Former 3rd Ward Councilman, Mayor Frank E.
Rodgers' nephew)

Harrison Public Library Board of Trustees
Maureen Gilmore (husband is Harrison Housing Authority employee and is a member of the
Zoning Board)
Concetta Gregory (husband is Board of Education employee)
Doreen Higgins (wife of Peter B. Higgins, III)
Carol Hogan
Constance McDonough (Mayor McDonough's wife)
Mary Victoria McDonough (Mayor McDonough's sister)
John Murray
Ellen N. Lucas, Acting Director (husband is on the Harrison Housing Authority)

Planning Board
Laurence Bennett (3rd Ward Councilman)
Thomas Dolaghan (Fire Chief, wife is Board of Education Employee, brother is 4th Ward
Councilman, brother is a Fire Department employee, sister is employed by the Town, a niece and
a nephew work for the Board of Education)
Joseph Dominguez
Raymond J. McDonough (Mayor)
George McKenna
Arthur Pettigrew (Former 2nd Ward Councilman)
Ji Qin
Joao Rodrigues
Delfim Sarabando
Victor Villalta (Former 2nd Ward Councilman)

Zoning Board
Erik Brachman
Ronald Catrambone (Director of the Department of Public Works, nephew of Frank E.
Rodgers' secretary, wife is Town employee, daughter is a Board of Education employee)
Eugene J. Gilmore (employed by the Harrison Housing Authority, wife is on the Library Board
of Trustees)
Maria Reis (is also on the Redevelopment Agency.)
Gabriela V. Simoes
Jorge Torres
Lily Wang

Board of Education
This information is not on the Town's website.
Of the 49 members of the various Town Boards, 28 have some sort of
affiliation with the Town of Harrison.

With 57% of the Town Boards being comprised of politically connect
appointees, how can they really represent the best interests of Harrison?

Ask the Mayor or your Council representative the next time you see them.
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