Lillian G. Burry
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Lillian G. Burry is an American
politician. A member of the Republican Party
, she has served on the Monmouth County
Board of Chosen Freeholders
since January 2006. She served as Director of the Board in 2008, the first woman and the first Italian-American to do so in Monmouth County. At the January 7, 2010 annual reorganization, she was again chosen as Director.
, she attended the local public schools and, later, Wagner College
, where she was graduated cum Laude with a double major (Political Science/History). At Wagner she met her future husband, Donald Burry.
Freeholder Burry has also been elected to positions at the local level in both Colts Neck and Matawan
. In Matawan, she was the first woman elected to the Borough Council.
During her tenure she assisted in restoring Borough Hall. The borough received 80 percent of the funding for the project from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She participated in the purchase of Matawan's wetlands with 80 percent funding from the state Green Acres Program, and played a leading role in fighting the Imperial Oil Company after the firm was discovered dumping at Burnt Fly Bog. She headed Matawan's Historic Preservation Program, during which time the group purchased and restored the borough's most historic 18th century-era mansion.
In Colts Neck, she was elected to three terms on the Township Committee, where she served as mayor, deputy mayor and committeewoman.
She was also actively involved in Colts Neck committees including: Planning Board, Long-Range Planning Committee, Litigation Steering, Architectural Review, Buildings & Grounds, Finance, Affordable Housing, Environmental Commission and the Farmland, Open Space & Historic Preservation Program.
She has also represented Colts Neck as the municipal liaison to the local schools, regional high school, county government, Naval Weapons Station Earle
, Police Department and the September 11th Memorial Committee.
Prior to being elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders, Burry had served as a citizen member of the Monmouth County Planning Board and the Monmouth County Library Commission.
Lillian Burry was elected to her first three-year term on the Board of Chosen Freeholders in the November 2005 general election. On November 4, 2008 she was elected to a second term.
Burry is currently seeking a third term on the Board of Chosen Freeholders in the November 2011 general election.
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politician. A member of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
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, she has served on the Monmouth County
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 630,380, up from 615,301 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Freehold Borough. The most populous municipality is Middletown Township with...
Board of Chosen Freeholders
Board of Chosen Freeholders
In New Jersey, the Boards of Chosen Freeholders are the county legislatures in each of that state's 21 counties.- Origin :New Jersey's system of naming county legislators "freeholders" is unique in the United States...
since January 2006. She served as Director of the Board in 2008, the first woman and the first Italian-American to do so in Monmouth County. At the January 7, 2010 annual reorganization, she was again chosen as Director.
Biography
Born as Lillian Beneforti in New York CityNew York City
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, she attended the local public schools and, later, Wagner College
Wagner College
Wagner College is a private, co-educational, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 total students located atop Grymes Hill in New York City's borough of Staten Island...
, where she was graduated cum Laude with a double major (Political Science/History). At Wagner she met her future husband, Donald Burry.
Freeholder Burry has also been elected to positions at the local level in both Colts Neck and Matawan
Matawan, New Jersey
Matawan is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,810. The name "Matawan" comes from a Native American Lenape word....
. In Matawan, she was the first woman elected to the Borough Council.
During her tenure she assisted in restoring Borough Hall. The borough received 80 percent of the funding for the project from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She participated in the purchase of Matawan's wetlands with 80 percent funding from the state Green Acres Program, and played a leading role in fighting the Imperial Oil Company after the firm was discovered dumping at Burnt Fly Bog. She headed Matawan's Historic Preservation Program, during which time the group purchased and restored the borough's most historic 18th century-era mansion.
In Colts Neck, she was elected to three terms on the Township Committee, where she served as mayor, deputy mayor and committeewoman.
She was also actively involved in Colts Neck committees including: Planning Board, Long-Range Planning Committee, Litigation Steering, Architectural Review, Buildings & Grounds, Finance, Affordable Housing, Environmental Commission and the Farmland, Open Space & Historic Preservation Program.
She has also represented Colts Neck as the municipal liaison to the local schools, regional high school, county government, Naval Weapons Station Earle
Naval Weapons Station Earle
Naval Weapons Station Earle is a United States Navy base in New Jersey. Its distinguishing feature is a 2.9-mile pier in Sandy Hook Bay where ammunition can be loaded and unloaded from warships at a safe distance from land....
, Police Department and the September 11th Memorial Committee.
Prior to being elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders, Burry had served as a citizen member of the Monmouth County Planning Board and the Monmouth County Library Commission.
Lillian Burry was elected to her first three-year term on the Board of Chosen Freeholders in the November 2005 general election. On November 4, 2008 she was elected to a second term.
Burry is currently seeking a third term on the Board of Chosen Freeholders in the November 2011 general election.