Lucille Davy was the Commissioner of Education in

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

. She was named acting commissioner on September 9, 2005, by former

Governor of New Jersey The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of governor is an elected position with a four-year term. There is a two consecutive term limit, with no limitation on non-consecutive terms. The ...

Richard Codey. She was named commissioner by Governor

Jon Corzine Jon Stevens Corzine ( ; born January 1, 1947) is an American financial executive and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from 2001 to 2006, and the 54th governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010. Corzine ran f ...

as of July 11, 2006. When she was named acting commissioner by Codey, she joined her husband, then Human Services Commissioner James Davy, in the cabinet. They are the first husband and wife to serve together in a state cabinet. She is a former education policy advisor to Codey and former Gov.

James McGreevey James Edward McGreevey (born August 6, 1957) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 52nd governor of New Jersey from 2002 until his resignation in 2004 amidst a sex scandal. McGreevey served in the New Jersey Genera ...

. When Corzine took office he announced his intention to retain Davy as acting commissioner while he led a national search for a new commissioner, a search which included Davy. When he appointed Davy to the post, he said her work as acting commissioner convinced him to select her for the permanent post. Davy is a lifelong New Jersey resident and grew up in

Livingston, New Jersey Livingston is a township (New Jersey), township in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 31,330, its highest United States census, decennial co ...

where she was a graduate of Livingston High School. She graduated cum laude from

Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizab ...

with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and she received her law degree from the Notre Dame Law School. She and her husband reside in Pennington, New Jersey.Lucille Day
Office of the

, backed up by the

Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including web ...

as of July 2, 2008. Accessed February 24, 2011. "Commissioner Davy is married to James M. Davy. They live in Pennington with their two sons, James and Andrew."

References

External links

Office of the Commissioner
Living people Livingston High School (New Jersey) alumni People from Pennington, New Jersey Seton Hall University alumni State cabinet secretaries of New Jersey Notre Dame Law School alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{NewJersey-politician-stub