New Jersey Policy Perspective names two new board members

New Jersey Policy Perspective announced two new additions to its board Wednesday.

One is Tara Dowdell, a former senior manager of government and community relations at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and former aide to Rep. Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch).

“NJPP’s work and policy advocacy are more critical than ever as our state continues to confront a brutal public health and economic crisis that is crushing our most vulnerable populations and communities,” Dowdell said. “If we are to recover and build a more just and equitable state, we need policy solutions that are evidence based and grounded in equity and that is at the heart of NJPP’s work. I could not be more honored to serve on the board.”

She currently runs a public relations firm and a speaking group.

The other is Patrick Toussaint, an executive director at JPMorgan Chase who cofounded the Hudson County Progressive Alliance.

“I have always valued NJPP’s unique contributions to the policy discourse in New Jersey,” he said. “I couldn’t be more excited to join the board and help advance the mission to ensure NJ is a place where all residents enjoy lives of dignity, opportunity, and economic security.”