Kimberly M. Guadagno is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Center, a non-profit that works to end generational poverty in Monmouth County, New Jersey by serving more than 100,000 people with emergency food and wrap-around services in English, Spanish, Creole and Arabic, and ending the cycle of poverty by providing a private, faith-based, tuition-free education for 4th through 8th grade girls. She is also a partner with the law firm of Connell Foley LLP and previously was the first Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, serving from 2010 to 2018. She has also served eight years as New Jersey s 33rd Secretary of State. In 2007, Ms. Guadagno was elected the first woman sheriff of the Office of the Sheriff in Monmouth County. Ms. Guadagno founded the New Jersey Partnership for Action, a public-private partnership that promotes New Jersey businesses and job creation and chaired the Red Tape Review Commission, a bipartisan group charged with streamlining government services, cutting red tape, and proposing policy recommendations to further reduce the regulatory burdens on businesses. Ms. Guadagno has served 35 years in public service and has been an attorney for more than four decades. Ms. Guadagno is a well-regarded leader in both the private and government sectors and brings significant managerial and legal skills to the Board.