Charles Richman is the acting commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The department is headed by Commissioner Lori Grifa...

. He also served as acting commissioner in the cabinet of former Gov. Richard Codey

Richard Codey

Richard James Codey is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New Jersey from November 2004 to January 2006. He has served in the New Jersey Senate since 1981 and served as the President of the Senate from 2002 to January 2010. He represents the 27th Legislative...

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Richman has held positions in multiple state agencies in New Jersey during his career. In 1977, he was Acting Administrator of the State Energy Office. He was Assistant Commissioner of Energy in 1979.

Richman is a career DCA employee and was appointed deputy commissioner in early 2005 by Commissioner Susan Bass Levin

Susan Bass Levin

Susan Bass Levin is the current President and CEO of Cooper University Health System's Cooper Foundation. Levin is a Democratic Party politician in New Jersey, and previously served as First Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey...

. When Levin resigned in June 2005 to become operations director for the campaign of Gov. Jon Corzine

Jon Corzine

Jon Stevens Corzine is the former CEO of Goldman Sachs and of MF Global, and a one time American politician, who served as the 54th Governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010. A Democrat, Corzine served five years of a six-year U.S. Senate term representing New Jersey before being elected Governor...

, Governor Codey appointed Richman as DCA's acting commissioner. Richman served as acting commissioner until January 2006, when Governor Corzine reappointed Levin as commissioner.

External links

• Biography, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs