New Jersey Department of the Treasury
finance department of the government of New Jersey, United States
The mission of the New Jersey Department of the Treasury is to formulate and manage the state's budget, generate and collect revenues, disburse the appropriations used to operate New Jersey state government, manage the state's physical and financial assets, and provide statewide support services to state and local government agencies as well as the citizens of New Jersey. The department's overriding goal is to ensure the most beneficial use of fiscal resources and revenues to meet critical needs, all within a policy framework set by the governor.
The Office of the State Treasurer is one of the oldest units of New Jersey state government, the first treasurer named in 1776, following adoption of the first Constitution of New Jersey.
State treasurers of New Jersey
John Stevens, 1776 to 1779
James Mott, 1783 to 1799
Stacy A. Paxon, 1845 to 1847
David Naar, 1865
Gershom Mott, 1875
John J. Toffey, 1875 to 1891
George B. Swain, 1894 to 1901
Frank O. Briggs, 1902 to 1907
Daniel Spader Voorhees, 1907 to 1913
Edward Everett Grosscup, 1913 to 1916
William T. Read, 1916 to 1928
Albert Middleton, 1928
Robert C. Hendrickson, 1942 to January 1949
John J. Dickerson, January 1949 to April 1949
Walter Margetts, April 1949 to January 1954
Archibald S. Alexander, January 1954 to May 1957
Aaron Neeld, May 1957 to July 1958
John Kervick, July 1958 to January 1970
Katharine Elkus White, 1961 (Acting)
William Marfuggi, January 1973 to January 1974
Richard Leone, January 1974 to December 1976
Clifford Goldman, December 1976 to January 1982
Kenneth Biederman, January 1982 to March 1984
Michael Horn, March 1984 to January 1986
Feather O'Conner, January 1986 to January 1990
Douglas Berman, January 1990 to January 1992
Samuel Crane, January 1992 to January 1994
Brian Clymer, January 1994 to June 1997
James DiEleuterio, July 1997 to August 1999
Ronald Machold, August 1999 to January 2001
Isabel Miranda, January 2001 (Acting)
Peter Lawrance, February 2001 to January 2002
John McCormac, January 2002 to January 2006
Bradley Abelow, January 2006 to August 2007
Michellene Davis, September 2007 to January 2008 (Acting)
David Rousseau, January 2008 to January 2010
Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, January 2010 to July 2015 (Acting until March 2010)
Robert Romano, July 2015 to November 2015 (Acting)
Ford Scudder, November 2015 to January 2018 (Acting until September 2016)
Liz Muoio, January 2018 to January 2026 (Acting until April 2018)
Aaron Binder, January 2026 to present
Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology
In August 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation re-establishing the former New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, which was originally created in 1985 and became non-operational in 2010. The revitalized commission was established in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury. He named Beth Simone Noveck as chief innovation officer.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7009180. VIAF identifies the subject as 136651588. The Library of Congress control number is n79045130. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1776, 1779, 1783 and 1799.
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