Jon Shure Archives - New Jersey Globe

Nicole Rodriguez chosen as next president of NJ Policy Perspective

May 17, 2022 11:31 amMay 17, 2022 4:38 pm

The New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), a nonpartisan think tank that advocates for progressive policies, announced today that research director Nicole Rodriguez will be the organization’s next president beginning June 1. “This is an exciting time for NJPP and the...

Shure: ‘When I learned how powerful the New Jersey Legislature could be’

January 10, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 10, 2022 8:50 am

To a young newspaper reporter watching from the back of the chamber as the New Jersey Assembly’s proceedings dragged on at a pace that would have made “glacially” seem supersonic, something seemed to be amiss. I knew the State Constitution...

Shure will return to NJ Policy Perspective on interim basis

November 12, 2021 10:09 am

Jon Shure, a former Bergen Record reporter and communications director to Gov. Jim Florio, will serve as interim president of New Jersey Policy Perspective as the think tank seeks a replacement for Brandon McKoy. McKoy left the group after 2...

Ray Castro retiring from NJPP

January 28, 2020 1:11 pm

Raymond Castro will retire from his post as health policy director at New Jersey Policy Perspective at the end of March. Castro joined the influential think tank in 2006 after spending more than 33 years at the New Jersey Department...

Marley takes over NJPP board

July 24, 2019 10:36 am

Blue Wave New Jersey president Marcia Marley will take over the role of chair of New Jersey Policy Perspective’s board of trustees, the group announced Wednesday. “I am honored to chair the Board of NJPP, the state’s most influential and...

MacInnes will give up think tank presidency

August 8, 2018 10:38 am

Former State Sen. Gordon MacInnes announced today that he will leave his post as president of New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) later this year and transition into a new job as a Distinguished Senior Fellow. MacInnes has quadrupled the revenues...