1. JOHN G. DONNADIO, ESQ.
82 Perrine Pike,
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Telephone: (908) 963-7777 Email: JohnDonnadio@comcast.net
Dynamic, highly motivated, and results driven executive with outstanding leadership and
communication skills is seeking a new opportunity to showcase the following
talents: public affairs, government and media relations, advocacy, strategic action
planning, event and board management, fundraising, research and analysis, and
budget forecasting.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
A strong leader and decisive chief executive officer that resurrected an
organization by developing and implementing an innovative strategic action plan
that increased membership by 40%.
An organized and creative administrator that planned, coordinated, and managed
successful income producing events, which grew each year and generated over
50% of the organization’s overall annual operating budget.
An outstanding communicator that developed a significant network of statewide
contacts, which include representatives from the Administration, State
Legislature, local government officials, and community business leaders.
A valuable and trusted resource that provided substantive advice and counsel on
a wide variety of policy initiatives critical to the organization’s successful
advocacy and influence.
A progressive manager that motivated personnel to excel by collaborating on
individual action plans designed to enhance productivity and establish an
intrinsic sense of ownership.
RECENT EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS
NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES Executive Director 2010 – Present
Proactively led organization as its chief executive officer with a vision,
commitment, and work ethic that transformed the Association into one of the
State’s premier advocacy groups representing all twenty-one counties with a
unified voice.
GLUCK WALRATH LLP Director of Government Relations 2007- 2010
Successfully grew the Firm’s public affairs and government relations practice,
which included a variety of corporate, non-profit, and local government clients
including General Motors, the American Cancer Society, Davita, and several
major cities.
ACADEMIC MILESTONES
THE NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL Juris Doctorate 1998
SAINT PETER’S COLLEGE Masters of Business Administration 1994
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Commissioner with the New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission; Elected
member of the Hillsborough School Board of Education and Chair of the Board’s
2. Strategic Planning Committee 2007 – 2010; Board Member and Legislative Committee
Chair with the Somerset County Business Partnership 2007-2012