Mary pat angelini biography
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Mary pat angelini biography
Mary Pat Angelini
American Republican Party politician
Mary Pat Angelini (born December 8, 1954) is an American Republican Partypolitician who served in the New JerseyGeneral Assembly for the 11th legislative district from 2008 to 2016.
Education
Angelini graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work degree from East Tennessee State University and an M.P.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Career
Since 1992, she has served as executive director of Prevention First, which urged that educational programs and services to schools, businesses, and community organizations counter what she characterized as the negative effects of drug abuse and violence.[1] Her work there led her to become an advocate against the legalization of recreational marijuana in the State.[2][3]
Angelini sponsored legislation to establish an Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights in New Jersey.[4] The bill was signed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie early in 2011.