Jennifer Duffy

Mrs. Duffy was named Appointments Director on March 2017. Prior to this position Jennifer served as a Special Advisor to the Commissioner at the Department of Human Services.

Jennifer was named Chair of the School Employee Health Benefits Plan Design Committee, and member of the State Health Benefits Plan Design Committee, where she worked successfully to negotiate a $300 million budget savings in the design of the health benefits plans for more than 300,000 active and retired public employees.

In 2012, Mrs. Duffy was promoted to Chief of Staff at the Department of Treasury, where she led the implementation of the Governor’s Performance Budgeting Program and contributed to the development of statewide pension and health benefits reforms.

Prior to joining the administration, Jennifer oversaw the election law compliance of major political campaigns and party committees for state and federal candidates.

Jennifer is an honorary member of the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration, she is also a mentor at the Center for American Women in Politics and guest lecturer at the School for Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University.

A native of Burlington County, Jennifer is a graduate of Rutgers University with a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy.  Jennifer resides in Pennington with her husband Mark, and German Shepard, Nina.