New Jersey Youth & Government

YAGgers In Jersey: Rap Tribute to NJ YAG

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Check out a completely original, extra awesome, super special rap tribute to NJ Youth & Government by former officer Vidhaath Sripathi.

2013 Award Winners

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2014 Officer Corps

Youth Governor: Nolan Edmonson, St. Benedict’s
Livingston Assembly Speaker: Gabriel Harrison, Hunterdon Central
Livingston Assembly Clerk: Aliya Greenberg, Montgomery
Livingston Senate President: Joel Sirusas, Hunterdon Central
Livingston Senate Clerk: Maria Schwartz, Cranford
Kean Assembly Speaker: Samantha Gruskin, Westfield
Kean Assembly Clerk: Stuart McGibbon, Hunterdon Central
Kean Senate President: Daniel White, St. Benedict’s
Kean Senate Clerk: Tom Toman, Community Y
Cleveland Assembly Speaker: Koranveer Johal, St. Joseph’s
Cleveland Assembly Clerk: Noah Lee, Cranford
Cleveland Senate President: Nick Pellitta, Hunterdon Central
Cleveland Senate Clerk: Koryn Kraemer, Westfield
Wilson Assembly Speaker: Greg Burton, St. Joseph’s
Wilson Assembly Clerk: Tom Philip, Cranford
Wilson Senate President: Nishan Ravichandran, Montgomery
Wilson Senate Clerk: Kyle Mallon, Cranford
Lobby Corps President: Alex Puleo, North Hunterdon
Lobby Corps President: Dhara Patel, Montgomery
Press Corps Editor-in-Chief: Carter Coudriet, St. Joseph’s
Chief Justice: Ben Keller, New Providence
Chief Justice: Guiliana Truppi, North Hunterdon

Outstanding Legislation

Livingston Assembly, LCAV3: Minna Kim, Monroe
Livingston Senate, LCV4: Nick Hladick, Montgomery
Kean Assembly, KCI3: Gabrielle Rubenstein, Montgomery
Kean Senate, KPI1: Johnathan Lerman, Freehold
Cleveland Assembly, CCII4: Joe Tharayil, Immaculata
Cleveland Assembly, CCII4: Anthony Cendagorta, Community Y
Cleveland Senate, CRII4: Sam Follansbee, North Hunterdon
Wilson Assembly, WRI3: Anne Marie Barrett, Immaculata
Wilson Senate, WPV4: Zachary Willis, St. Joseph

Passed Legislation

LCAII4: Josh Peters, Hunterdon Central
CACC2: Matthew Polanco, Immaculata
LACC3: Daniel Chemey, Middlesex
WCII1:Amy Zhang, Montgomery
LPI4: Aisling Howley, Community Y
KPII3: Ellie Smith, Westfield
LACC1: Matt Galey, Rancocas Valley
WCIV2: Jonathan Wu, Montgomery
LCAII2: Chelsea Walsh, Community Y
CCAIV2: Lily Willen, North Hunterdon
CCAIII3: Kate Rembicz, Westfield
KPI4: Aiden Hughes, Westfield
KPIII3: Jill Rosenfeld, Westfield
WRII4: Maddie Verniero, North Hunterdon
LPI2: Aliya Greenberg, Montgomery
KCAII4: Emily Chen, North Hunterdon
WRIV3: Kenneth Bernstein, St. Josephs
LRII1: Josphua Zirkin, Freehold
WRV4: Casey Chow, Montgomery
CCII1: Noah Lee, Cranford
CCAII3: Jonathan Kelly, Westfield
LCIII1: Richard Kaye, Hunterdon Central
CCIV4: Karanveer Johal, St. Josephs
LRIII4: Samir Jadav, Montgomery
KCV4: Sean Lin, North Hunterdon
KCII4: Dima Ruckodanov, Montgomery
CPV2: Tyler Bansky, Westfield

Premiere Delegation

Cranford High School

Outstanding Delegation

Hunterdon Central
Community YMCA
J.P. Case
Middlesex
Monroe
Montgomery
New Providence
North Hunterdon
Palmyra
St. Joseph’s
Westfield

Outstanding Statesmen

Livingston Senate: Nick Hladick, Montgomery
Livingston Assembly: Aisling Howley, Community Y
Kean Senate: Aidan Hughes, Westfield
Kean Assembly: Richie Mallon, Montgomery
Cleveland Senate: Tom Carroll, Montgomery
Cleveland Assembly: Joe Tharayil, Immaculata
Wilson Senate: Casey Chow, Montgomery
Wilson Assembly: Raouf Ladeem, Montgomery

Outstanding Jr. Legislator

Elsa Rodriguez, Cranford
Aliyah Verin, Newark

Outstanding Reporter

Christian Holgado, St. Joseph’s

Outstanding Lobbyist

Steven Rofrano, Hunterdon Central

Outstanding Advocate

Ben Keller, New Providence

Social Media Expert

Ian Rios, Community Y

Best Brief

Giovani Gravano, Westfield
Benjamin Schwartz, Westfield
Isabelle Smelkinson, Westfield
Ankita Satpathy, Monroe Township

Conference on National Affairs Delegates

Tom Toman, Community Y
Aisling Howley, Community Y
Chelsea Walsh, Community Y
Matt Bringuier, Cranford
Brian Leu, Cranford
Kyle Mallon, Cranford
Maria Schwartz, Cranford
Hannah Corn, Hunterdon Central
Josh Peters, Hunterdon Central
Joe Tharayil, Immaculata
Alexis Cashman, Monroe
Arlina Cai, Montgomery
Thomas Carroll, Montgomery
Shailen Shah, Montgomery
Zack Perkins, Montgomery
Lilly Luo, Montgomery
Vinay Bhaskara, Montgomery
Bronwyn Woolhouse, North Hunterdon
Alessandra Testa, Rancocas Valley
Nolan Edmonson, St Benedict’s
Taras Holovko, St. Joseph’s
Carter Coudriet, St. Joseph’s
Ellie Smith, Westfield
Clara Smith, Westfield
Alexa Derman, Westfield

Conference on National Affairs Alternates

Geoffrey Ko, Westfield
Kellie Joyce, Cranford
Noah Marinelli, Freehold
Tom Florczak, St. Joseph’s
Karlee Kuc, Montgomery
Kaitlyn Dutton, Monroe
Steven Rofrano, Hunterdon Central
Sneha Choudhary, Hunterdon Central
Arjun Kotwal, Montgomery
Daniel White, St. Benedict’s
Tiffany Chow, Freehold
Vidhaath Sripathi, Hunterdon Central
Frank Guerria, Westfield
Jamie Weiss, Monroe
Frank Fritz III, St. Joseph’s
Aditi Padmanabhan, New Providence
Brendan Szefinski, Cranford
Shyamala Ramakrishnan, Montgomery
Ryan Gorman, Montgomery
Stijen Talloen, Montgomery
Kaitlin Noel, Community Y

NJ YAG Day of Service

njyouthandgov — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:28:35 +0000

Dress Code & What to Pack!

njyouthandgov — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:05:29 +0000

The Youth & Government program represents an opportunity for high school students across the state to raise civic awareness and participate first hand in the legislative process. The conference takes place in the historic New Jersey State House, where Senators, Representatives, and Governors have sat and deliberated issues facing the state. As such delegates should dress appropriately, to not only respect the institution that they are in, but to show respect to the other high school students and adults that make time to make sure your weekend in Trenton happens. Essentially, you are surrounded by co-workers, so you want to make a good impression! There is a very strict business formal dress code that will be upheld rigorously, and those found to be violating the dress code will be subject to disciplinary action.

As an easy rule of thumb, dress as if you’re going to the most important interview of your life!

Young Men

Men’s business formal attire is fairly-straight forward. All men are to wear a suit, complete with a shirt and tie.

A suit always includes a coat, blazer, or sports jacket, which will be worn at all times. Cardigans do not count as men’s business formal.
Men’s business formal requires a tie.
Pants cannot be made of denim.
Dress socks should be worn.
Shirts must be tucked in at all times.
No hats.
No sandals, moccasins, uggs, boat shoes, Converses, slippers, etc.

Places to go for affordable men’s dress clothes include Target, Express, GAP, Kohl’s, Macy’s, and most major department stores.

For the men’s version of a suggested packing list for conference, click here!

Young Women

Women’s business formal dress is a bit more complicated, due to the variety of clothing options. A women’s “suit” can be a dress or skirt/pants paired with a blazer/cardigan. In a few instances, blouses may be worn without a blazer/cardigan.

Pants/skirts cannot be made of khaki/cargo material or denim.
Skirts must be longer than mid-thigh/finger-tip length (wearing stockings does not void this rule). Any skirt that can have the word “mini” applied to it, does not qualify.
Jackets, blazers, cardigans are highly encouraged. Blouses worn without any of these articles of clothing must be tasteful (i.e. not low cut, sheer, sleeveless, or midriff).
No open-toed shoes permitted. High heeled shoes are permitted, but not encouraged due to the excessive amount of walking over the weekend.
No sandals, moccasins, uggs, boat shoes, Converses, slippers, etc.

Places to go for affordable women’s dress clothes include Target, The Limited, GAP, H&M, Express, Kohl’s, Macy’s, and most major department stores.

For the women’s version of a suggested packing list for conference, click here!

Current & Former Alumni Support Staff Profiles

njyouthandgov — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:55:05 +0000

Mike Gallagher

Michelle Scott

Brian Earl

Kyle Bunting

Alex Huang

Alex Wolkomir

Amanda Puleo

Bill DeBaun

Brianna Davis-Kleppinger

Carrie Bilenker

Carrie England

Danielle Sumner

Eddie Mogck

Jessica Mazzagatti

Joseph Isola

Joshua Roganr

Lydia Huang

Mark Galey

Matt La Fronz

Matt Ziemer

Megan O’Toole

Nidhi Parekh

Olaniyi Solebo

Parth Pariharr

Mitchell Zupko

Rachel Burns

Telmo DeMorais

Theresa Lin

Officer Meeting, March 2013

njyouthandgov — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:33:24 +0000

2014 Gubernatorial Candidates

njyouthandgov — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:12:49 +0000

It’s finally time for the race that everyone’s been waiting for– the 2014 Gubernatorial race! Check out the candidates below– if you have any questions for the candidates, make sure to ask them on our Facebook page.

Thomas Carroll

Carter Coudriet

Nolan Edmonson

Joel Sirusas

Officer Retreat, December 2012

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2013 Officers

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It takes a team to run a program as large and elaborate as NJ Youth & Government! High school students and graduates of the program comprise the leadership of the program, and work hand-in-hand to create every aspect of the program. Below is the 2013 Officer Corps– get to know your officer!

Youth Governor Zack Perkins

Lieutenant Governor Shailen Shah

Cabinet, Attorney General Rachel Holtzman

Cabinet, Treasurer Frank Fritz III

Cabinet, Education Erika Lewy

Cabinet, Environment Aditi Padmanabhan

Cabinet, Health Lilly Luo

Cabinet, Human Services Hannah Corn

Cabinet, Labor & Econ. Dev. Vinay Bhaskara

Cabinet, Transportation Clara Smith

Chief Justice, Matt Bringuier

Lobby Firm President Arlina Cai

Lobby Firm President Alex Puleo

Editor-In-Chief Carter Coudriet

Kean Assembly Speaker Nolan Edmonson

Kean Assembly Clerk Samantha Gruskin

Kean Senate President Asher Horowitz

Kean Senate Clerk Noah Marinelli

Livingston Assembly Speaker Shyamala Ramakrishnan

Livingston Assembly Clerk Eric Oberman

Livingston Senate President Joel Sirusas

Livingston Senate Clerk Jack Ross

Wilson Assembly Speaker Thomas Florczak

Wilson Assembly Clerk Claire Dorwart

Wilson Senate President Vidhaath Sripathi

Wilson Senate Clerk Nishan Ravichandran

CONA 2012

njyouthandgov — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:08:39 +0000

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all having a pleasant, albeit hot, summer! Just wanted to pop in and let you know how well NJ did this year at CONA– take a look at our finest accomplishments from this year:

Proposals in 2nd Committee:

Casey Chow
Billy Daly
Telmo DeMorais
Greg Earl
Bri Hearn
Kellie Joyce
Kristyn Kinck
Aditi Padmanabhan
Alex Puleo
Maria Schwartz
Clara Smith
Vidhaath Sripathi

Proposals in 3^rd Committee:

Billy Daly
Kellie Joyce
Alex Puleo
Vidhaath Sripathi

Proposals in General Assembly:

Billy Daly
Vidhaath Sripathi

Outstanding Proposals:

Casey Chow
Vidhaath Sripathi
Joe Tharayil

Outstanding Statesman:

Vidhaath Sripathi

2013 Presiding Officer:

Billy Daly