Steven Fulop - Jersey City, NJ City Council
City, State: Jersey City, New Jersey
Office: City Councilman (Ward “E”)
Website: http://www.stevenfulop.com/
In September 2001, Steven was a 25 year old associate at the prestigious investment bank Goldman Sachs in downtown New York. At that time, he was uninvolved in politics and even unregistered to vote. However, after the attacks on 9/11, Steven chose to leave a high paying job at Goldman Sachs and enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve to be deployed. His unit was amongst the first deployed to Iraq in 2003.
In 2005, Steven Fulop decided to run for public office and was an upset winner against an incumbent councilman in Jersey City, the largest city in NJ. When Steven was sworn into office at 28 years old, he was the youngest member of the city council by more than 17 years and the third youngest in the nearly 200 year existence of the city.
Steven graduated from Binghamton University in 1999 and in 2006 completed both his Masters in Business Administration at the New York University Stern School of Business and his Masters in Public Administration at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). While attending Binghamton University, he spent time abroad studying at Oxford University in England.
Steven has served in several board positions including currently on the Board of Directors of both the Columbia University Alumni Association as well as The Learning Community Charter School in Jersey City which has distinguished itself with superior academic performance statewide.
He has been a tireless advocate for government reform in Hudson County politics and is frequently mentioned as a potential mayoral candidate in 2009.
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