The Weehawken Township Board of Education has announced the appointment of Giovanni Ahmad to the board. Ahmad was appoi🧜nted to fill the seat of the late Board Pres♑ident Richard Barsa, Sr.
The Board of Education approved Ahmad’s appointment at the June 8 meeting.
Barsa died on April 4 due to complications from COVID-19. Barsa was a long-tim♏e board president and township finance ꦦdirector.
Ahmad appointed
Ahmad will serve for the remainder of Barsa’s three-year term. Ahmad will be up for e🅺lection in May of 2021.
Board members interviewed four very strꦆong candidates before appointing Ahm🍸ad, according to a township press release.
Ahmad has served as Weehawken’s township manager for ꧒the past five years. He brings extensive experience in state and local government to the board, according ♌to the release.
He is captain of the Weehawken ꦐVolunteer First Aid Squad, sits on the New Jersey League of Municipalities’ finance and taxation committee, and is a deputy E.M.S. county coordinator of the Hudson County Office of Emergency Management.
Ahmad has a Masters of Public Administration from Rutgers Univeꦍrsity, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, also from Rutgers.
Board reorganization
In the wake of🍌 Barsa’s passing, John Cannata was elected board pre𓆉sident at the May 29 reorganization meeting.
Cannata was one of three cand🍌idates elected to the board after the May 12 election this year. The election was primarily held by mail-in ball♋ot.
Richard Pinal and Noelberto Sanchez w🐼ere also elected to three-year terms.
The next Weehawken Board of Education meeting is July 15 a൲t 7 p.m. The board has bee𝕴n holding meetings remotely. For more information, go to .
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