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our candidates for Mayor and Town council
Kenneth K. Cho
Ken is a highly accomplished attorney with over 35 years of experience advising businesses and practicing law. Ken moved to Northvale with his family in 1967 and attended Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Nathan Hale Middle School and Northern Valley Regional High School. Ken’s undergraduate degree is in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers College of Engineering and he obtained his law degree from Rutgers School of Law. Ken is a beneficiary of a New Jersey public school education.
Ken has a "common sense" approach to problem solving and believes in fiscal discipline. Ken's work with federal, state and local laws, and legal training provides him with a background that is well suited to lead Northvale's Municipal government into the future.
In addition to working as a lawyer in private practice, Ken’s work experience includes working as a Managing Director of Strategic Alliances at a Private Equity Fund, and working as an “in-house” lawyer at AT&T Corp. and Philips Electronics where he managed multimillion dollar corporate budgets and personnel.
Ken has also volunteered to serve in a number of leadership roles including service on the Board of Directors of the American Intellectual Property Association, International Association of Korean lawyers and the Korean Lawyers’ Association of Greater New York. Ken is also a certified mediator in New York and New Jersey.
Jean Marie Cerbasi
Jean Marie has been a resident of Northvale since 1977, when her parents moved from South Ozone Park, Queens. In 2006, Jean Marie was fortunate enough to purchase her childhood home, where she and her husband are currently raising their teenage daughter. As a graduate of Thomas Jefferson/Nathan Hale (now Northvale School) and Northern Valley Regional Old Tappan, it is an amazing experience watching her daughter grow up in the same town and go through the same school system where Jean Marie learned so much from as a child.
In an effort to give back to Northvale, Jean Marie has served as a Class Parent multiple times, as well as a member of the Northvale School PTO Board and as the current Vice President of the Friends of the Northvale Public Library.
David E. Sillery
David was born into a multi-generational Northvale family with roots stretching back more than 110 years. Raised in Northvale, NJ attending the Northvale Public School system when the two separate buildings were known as Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and Nathan Hale Middle School. David also graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan.
David received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Merchandising from the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in New York and spent more than 20 years in retail buying and merchandising.
David returned to Northvale in 2015 and purchased a home in 2020 to plant more permanent roots in the town he has always called “home.”
David currently works as a Financial Analyst.
