[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 52 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E674-E675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO FREEHOLDER THERESA BROWN ON BEING NAMED ``FREEHOLDER OF THE 
             YEAR'' BY THE NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE OF MAYORS

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                            HON. JIM SAXTON

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 15, 1999

  Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, on April 22, 1999, the New Jersey Conference 
of Mayors will bestow to Theresa D. Brown, Esq. the Freeholder of the 
Year Award for her dedicated service to Burlington County and the State 
of New Jersey. Having worked closely on several issues with Ms. Brown, 
I believe that the Conference of Mayors made an outstanding selection.
  Ms. Brown is the daughter of retired Air Force M/SGT Walter and Julie 
Brown. As a military dependent, Ms. Brown grew up in exotic locales 
including France, the Philippines, Hawaii, and several other places 
within the United States.

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  Upon graduating from Princeton University, Ms. Brown became a 
certified K-12 teacher in Social Studies, English, and French at the 
intermediate and high school levels in the East Windsor regional School 
District in Hightstown, New Jersey. From there, Ms. Brown worked with 
the New Jersey Education Association lobbying before the New Jersey 
Legislature and the United States Congress for the state's largest 
teacher's union. Additionally, Ms. Brown worked as the Planning Manager 
for mercer County Legal Services in Trenton.
  Seeking more challenges, Ms. Brown graduated from Seton Hall Law 
School and worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Michael Patrick 
King, P.J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division of 
Westmont, New Jersey. Theresa moved on to become an associate with the 
Trenton firm of Picco, Mack, Herbert, Kennedy, Jaffe, and Yoskin and 
then an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Camden. Ms. Brown 
served as an Assistant Director of litigation for the New Jersey 
Department of the Public Advocate where she litigated automobile 
insurance rate-making cases before the Office of Administrative Law and 
the Appellate Division. Ms. Brown moved on to become a partner in the 
Camden firm of Derden and Brown and later served as an attorney with 
the New jersey Protection and Advocacy, Inc. in Trenton where she 
represented persons with disabilities. Currently, Ms. Brown practices 
in the area of family law.
  On January 1, 1997, Ms. Brown her 3-year term on the Burlington 
County Board of Chosen Freeholders. With her election, she became the 
first African-American woman elected to hold that position in 
Burlington County. Among the many duties she performs, Freeholder Brown 
oversees the operations of Burlington County College, the Special 
Services School, and the Institute of Technology as well as Culture and 
Heritage, the county Library and the Consumer Affairs office.
  Freeholder Brown's public service does not end with her duties on the 
Board of Freeholders. Freeholder Brown volunteers her time to civic 
organizations and is President of the Girl Scouts of the South Jersey 
Pines, Inc. which serves girls in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, 
Cumberland, and Gloucester Counties. Freeholder Brown is also a member 
of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.'s Special Committee on Fund Development. 
Additionally, Freeholder Brown is a member of the Board of Directors 
for the Burlington County Chapter of the American Red Cross and also 
serves on the Burlington County Board of Social Services.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my sincere privilege to honor a dedicated public 
servant and this year's recipient of the New Jersey Conference of 
mayors' 1999 Freeholder of the Year Award, Freeholder Theresa D. Brown. 
A finer selection could not have been made.

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