Meet Colleen

Hello Camden County Neighbors:

Thank you for visiting my site and taking the time to learn more.  I hope that this page helps to inform your decision - and that I earn your VOTE in 2025.

Raised in Pennsauken and Cherry Hill, I moved to Haddonfield in 2015 with my husband Anthony, a Haddon Township native.  We shared the belief that returning to Camden County after nearly a decade elsewhere was the right move for our small businesses and our growing family.

In 2019, after meeting with a group of women at our local independent bookstore, I was energized to run for office for the first time, and I was humbled & excited upon being elected as the second woman Commissioner in Haddonfield's history. Another historic element of my first term? The global COVID-19 pandemic.  I spent each day working to preserve the health & safety of our residents & first responders, while doing all I could to support our small business community.

In 2021 I ran for Haddonfield Borough Commission again, and was honored to become Mayor. During this 4-year term, I committed to making Haddonfield a more inclusive, responsive, and transparent place that evolved into the 21st century while celebrating its beauty & history in ways that attracted economic investment.

I proudly served as Director of Public Safety and Public Affairs, liaison to Human Relations Commission, Public Library, and our business improvement district, the Partnership for Haddonfield. I created the Borough's first communications plans, municipal app, and business safety text alert system. I also innovated to create events that fostered community connections and tied them to our cultural heritage in the wake of COVID-19.

Importantly, I achieved over $5.75M in funding for our first responders, including the largest award from the State of New Jersey that the Borough has ever received ($5M) for the construction of a new police headquarters, and over $100K in grant funding for fire dept. operations and protective equipment.

I was responsible for the formation of our Borough's first affordable housing agency and the establishment of a new housing policy to rehabilitate and convert existing market rate housing stock into affordable units. I championed the development of the Borough's first 100% affordable, inclusive housing development, and secured over $4.5M in financing via a new funding mechanism from the NJ DCA. And, under my leadership, the Borough celebrated PRIDE and Juneteenth for the first time.

During my nearly 6 years in local office, I initiated and innovated shared service opportunities and public-private partnerships to cut costs, eliminate redundancies, improve efficiencies, and generate additional revenue sources for the Borough. That leads me to this campaign for County Commissioner - if elected, I'll continue working diligently to produce real results for my neighbors throughout the entire County, committed to inclusion and transparency, while also focused on innovation, driving efficiencies, cutting costs, and producing tangible results.

I humbly ask for your support, and hope to meet you out on the campaign trail!

Best,

C