Staff List

The office staffs the New Jersey State Planning Commission and the New Jersey Brownfields Redevelopment Task Force. Through the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, the office works to improve the efficiency and reduce the costs of land development and infrastructure in New Jersey by expanding areas of coordination and cooperation among State and local agencies.

Formed as the Office of State Planning in 1986 to staff the State Planning Commission in developing and implementing the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, the office also pursues other activities to improve intergovernmental coordination and cooperation as defined by the State Planning Act.

Business Action Center - Office for Planning Advocacy

• Gerard Scharfenberger, Acting Director
• Dan Kennedy, Deputy Director
• Wendy McVicker, Executive Assistant to the Director

Brownfields

• Alan Miller, Manager

Grants and Funding

• Denise Sampson
• Dawn Starling

Planning

• Karl Hartkopf, Director
• Barry Ableman
• Katherine Meade

Projects

• Mukund Kumar

Research/GIS

• Steven Karp