Deputy Mayor Juanita Scott

Elected to the Edgewater Park Township Committee on November 3, 2020, Juanita A. Scott, an Edgewater Park resident since 1982, continues her life of public service… now in her own town.

She is a Democratic County Committeewoman and has served on the Arbor Green Condominium Association, Inc. as a Board Member & Treasurer.

Her service career has been with the NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)… at the former Johnstone Training & Research Center in Bordentown, then at North Princeton Developmental Center, before going to New Lisbon Developmental Center, where she retired.

At the start of her career she developed the Special Olympics Unified Softball Team… new to the Special Olympics… and the team went on to be State Champions. She also coached other Special Olympics sports, including track & field, volleyball, and cross-country skiing and worked with the Special Olympics Team in Piscataway.

“This coaching activity helped many of our DDD consumers, building their physical and social confidence and abilities,” she said, and she subsequently helped develop Individual Habilitative Programs for DDD consumers and supervised employees implementing these programs.

Working on the Cultural Diversity, Non-Appropriated Funds, and Harvest Moonlight Ball Committees, plus designing staff development training through the HR office on the Employee Training Committee, Committeewoman Scott learned teamwork on many levels.  During Hurricane Irene, she was on the team of managers that worked to provide the shelter & services for evacuees.

For six years throughout the state, she worked in Administration as a DDD investigator, helping to safeguard and improve treatment of DDD consumers.

While at DHS-DDD, she served as vice president, president, and member of the executive board of her local AFSCME union, as well as recording secretary of AFSCME and CWA… always working to safeguard working people.

Now her goal on Township Committee is to use these skill sets to serve residents and promote Edgewater Park’s ongoing endeavors so that it remains “a wonderful small town with a big heart!”

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