HOME CANDIDATES OUR POSITION NEWS & EVENTS CONTRIBUTE GET INVOLVED ABOUT US CONTACT

Councilman Joseph Rossi:

  • 3rd Generation Bernardsville Resident
  • Decorated Vietnam Veteran – 2 Tours
  • Former Vice President, Standard Roofing
  • Former Owner/President, Rossi Roofing
  • Former Owner/President, Jentar Transport
  • Current Owner/Manager Commercial Real Estate properties in Bernardsville and Morristown
  • Married to wife, Georgia, 35 years
  • Father of two daughters and Grandfather to two grandsons

     Local Community Service includes:

  • Chairman, Bernardsville Pool Board, 1972-1988. Expanded and dramatically improved the facility with no taxpayer money.
  • Co-Chair Bernardsville School’s ‘Long term Facilities Committee’, 1986-1988. Resulted in expansion and improvement of facilities.
  • Donated and Built the Bernard’s High School Snack Bar
  • Donated Building Materials for Senior Citizens Facility
  • Volunteered 3 years of Planning and Construction Management to St. Elizabeth’s School for a 20,000 square foot addition, saving $1,000,000.
  • Volunteered and Donated Men and Material to Build 2 Parks.


Council Candidate John McCrossan:

  • Resident of Bernardsville 12 Years
  • Married to wife, Mary, 27 years - Father of two sons and one daughter
  • Served in the US 7th Army Corp of Engineers
  • Former Vice President, Citigroup 1973-2000- Responsible for large Information Technology Organization located in the Midwest, Southwest, Central, and Northeast United States.
  • Former First Vice President, Merrill Lynch 2000-2002- Responsible for large Information Technology organization located in New York and New Jersey.
  • While at Merrill Lynch, Led the planning, development, and Implementation of a corporate mandated initiative to provide a state of the art technology infrastructure whose backup and recovery was later used effectively on 9-11-01, the terrorist attack on America.
  • Developed skills include: Executive level vision & leadership; Multifaceted Strategic & Tactical planning; Multi- Level Communications; Financial Management; Contract Negotiations; Vendor Relationship Management; Change Management; Troubleshooting/Problem Resolution; Risk Analysis and Backup & Disaster Recovery.

     Local Community Service includes:

  • Soccer Coach 2 years
  • Little League coach past 7 years
  • Basketball recreation program coach past 4 years
  • Former Board Member of Somerset Hills Youth Baseball

 

home | candidates | our position | news & events | conrtribute | get involved | about us | contact us
©2005 Bernardsville Independent Leadership. All Rights Reserved