Welcome New Staff, Francis Rapa

Fran joined NJCF in November as Project Manager - Delaware Bay Watershed and is responsible for NJCF's efforts in New Jersey's southernmost counties to preserve waterways, woodlands, farms and historic communities. He works to encourage public, private and grass-roots implementation of the recommendations and strategies of NJCF's report, Charting a Course for the Delaware Bay Watershed.

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A lifelong South Jersey resident, Fran has over 17 years experience in public policy and government communications, including seven years with the staff of the NJ State Legislature. Most recently, he served as Communications Officer for the NJ Pinelands Commission, the agency that oversees land-use planning, development and natural resource protection in the million-acre Pinelands National Reserve. Previously, Fran held staff positions with the New Jersey Department of the Treasury and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Fran serves as Chairman of the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Joint Environmental Commission in Salem County; Vice Chair of the Woodstown Planning Board; member of the Woodstown Open Space Advisory Committee; and is a past Trustee of the Pilesgrove-Woodstown Recreation Association. He earned a B.A. in Law and Justice Studies from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). Fran lives in Woodstown.