Robert Asaro-Angelo is an American labor leader and commissioner of the

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Biography

Asaro-Angelo was raised in a union family and is a son of a longtime

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labor organizer. From 2010 until 2017, he was Eastern Regional Representative for the

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, where he managed the department's regional activities and coordinated federal efforts on the regional, state and local levels. He also served on intergovernmental work groups such as the White House

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Task Force, White House Task Force on Puerto Rico, Regional U.S. Interagency Councils on Homeless and FEMA's Recovery Support Function Leadership Group. He also has worked for the Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA), AFSCME, and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. He served as executive director of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee in 2008, during the transition of Bush to Obama, when Senator Joe Cryan served as state party chairman. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from

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and a Masters in Public Policy from the Eagleton Institute of Politics at

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. In January 2018, New Jersey Governor

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nominated Asaro-Angelo for Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. He was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on March 26, 2018, on a 38–0 vote. In February 2021, Governor Murphy appointed Asaro-Angelo Co-Chair of the New Jersey Council on the Green Economy. Asaro-Angelo lives in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Asaro-Angelo, Robert 1977 births People from East Brunswick, New Jersey State cabinet secretaries of New Jersey State labor commissioners in the United States United States Department of Labor officials Rutgers University alumni Politicians from Atlantic City, New Jersey Trade unionists from New Jersey New Jersey Democrats American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees people Service Employees International Union people Boston University College of Communication alumni Living people