Mayor and Township Council

Mayor Richard Pucci

Mayor Pucci has served as Mayor since 1988. The term of office is four years. He resides at 9 Middlesex Blvd., Monroe Township, with his wife, Kathleen. He has two married daughters, Michelle and Denise and four grandchildren. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority.

Mayor Pucci received his Masters Degree in Public Administration from Rider University and Bachelors Degree from the University of Miami. He is a former Business Administrator for three municipalities in New Jersey and is a past inductee in the New Jersey Conference of Mayors Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Township's Planning Board, Middlesex County Conference of Mayors and the New Jersey Conference of Mayors. He established the Mayor Richard Pucci Scholarship Endowment Fund for college bound Monroe Township High School Students planning Public Service Careers. Mayor Pucci was awarded the New Jersey Library Association Champion Award for 2008.

Gerald W. Tamburro, Council President

Council President Gerald W. Tamburro, was elected to office in November 2001, serving as a representative of the Second Ward. He resides at 35 Birmingham Lane, in Greenbriar, with his wife Carole. They have six children and nine grandchildren.

Retiring from a lifelong career in banking, Mr. Tamburro served as Vice-President of Commercial Lending for National State Bank of Elizabeth and as President of a community state bank in New Jersey. He received his Bachelors Degree from Seton Hall University is a graduate of The Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University.

Council President Tamburro is currently serving as Chairman of the Cable Refranchising Committee, Chairman of the NJ Training School Citizens Review Board, Chairman of the Master Plan Review Committee, Council Representative to the ADA Committee, Member of the Middlesex County Planning Board and former Member of the Monroe Township Planning Board and former Commissioner of the Municipal Utilities Authority.

Henry L. Miller, Vice President

Councilman Henry Miller was elected to office in November 1989 and is currently serving in his fifth term of office as representative of the First Ward. He resides at 507 Sheldon Way, in Rossmoor, with his wife Jean.

Formerly, Councilman Miller served as Executive Director of an Association for school supervisory and administrative personnel, having earned a Masters Degree in Supervision and Administration from Seton Hall University.

Councilman Miller currently serves as Council Representative to the Historic Preservation Commission, Chairman of the Affordable Housing Board and Commissioner on the Municipal Utilities Authority Commission. He formerly served as Member to the Monroe Township Planning Board and Chairman of the Middlesex County Planning Board.

Irwin Nalitt, Councilman

Irwin Nalitt has served as Councilman-at-Large since 1988. He is currently serving his sixth term of office serving the entire community as Councilman-at-Large. Councilman Nalitt was recently honored by the New Jersey League of Municipalities for his over 20 years of dedication to Monroe Township . He was inducted into the Elected Officials' Hall of Fame by the NJLM.

Councilman Nalitt resides at 103 Concordia Circle in the Concordia Adult Community. He has two daughters, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. In 1981, Mr. Nalitt retired from his position as a Sales Executive with a large company.

He is a former member of the Monroe Township School Board, Monroe Township Planning Board and the Township's Affordable Housing Board. Councilman Nalitt is a member of the Township's Master Plan Committee, Library Board of Trustees and Monroe Township Insurance Commission. He is also the Council Advisor to the Commission on Aging and past President of Concordia Civic Association.

Leslie Koppel, Councilwoman

Councilwoman Leslie Koppel was appointed to fill an unexpired term in 2006 to serve as Councilwoman-at-large and retained her seat by winning the November 2007 general election.    She is a lifelong resident of Monroe Township and her three children attend Monroe Township Public Schools.

Councilwoman Koppel recently earned her Master's Degree in Politics and Public Policy at the Bloustein School at Rutgers University in December 2009.  She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Sociology at Hunter College.   She is currently Director of a non-profit community program in Hightstown.  She also has over 16 years of retail sales and management experience.

Councilwoman Koppel currently serves on the Township Planning Board and is the Council representative for the Master Plan Committee, Recreation Advisory Board and the Cultural Arts Commission.  She also serves on the Middlesex County Transportation Coordinating Committee.  She is also a member of the Monroe Township League of Women Voters and a member of Congregation Etz Chaim, the Monroe Township Jewish Center.

In addition to her public service as a member of the Township Council, she served as former President of the Barclay Brook/Brookside Schools PTA and a member of the Monroe Township Board of Education Ad Hoc and Strategic Planning Committees. 

Michael Leibowitz, Councilman

Michael Leibowitz served as a Councilman in Ward 3 from 1980 to 1984. The voters in Ward 3 elected him in 2009 to serve another four-year term on the governing body. Councilman Leibowitz and his wife Judy reside at 21 South Rhoda Street. He has two adult children.

Councilman Leibowitz is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Engineering & Math. He has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Drury College in Springfield, MO and a CLU from The American College in Bryn Mawr, PA. He previously served as New Jersey Transit Regional Manager of Government and Community Relations.

He is a Vietnam War veteran and currently serves as a Trustee of the Etz Chaim Monroe Township Jewish Center.