Mark N. Mauriello, nominated by Governor Jon S. Corzine to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, possesses a depth of experience and broad understanding of New Jersey’s diverse environmental issues that make him uniquely qualified to lead the agency.
Through the various responsibilities he has fulfilled throughout a 28-year career with the DEP, Mauriello has become closely involved with issues such as global warming and sea-level rise, renewable energy development, flood control, stormwater management, natural resource protection, storm preparedness and ecological sustainability.
Mauriello is widely recognized for his ability to exercise a deft and diplomatic hand on complex and frequently contentious environmental issues. In addition, he has amassed extensive experience developing budgets and working with other state, federal and interstate agencies, which will prove invaluable as he leads the DEP through the challenging times ahead.
Before his nomination as Commissioner, Mauriello served as the DEP’s Assistant Commissioner for Land Use Management. In that capacity, he was responsible for land use regulation, water supply, watershed management, water monitoring and standards, and the New Jersey Geological Survey.
He is also leading the implementation of the Permit Efficiency Review Task Force’s recommendations to streamline the DEP’s permit review processes, a step Governor Corzine has recognized as critical toward creating a more predictable and efficient regulatory climate in New Jersey.
Mauriello represents Governor Corzine on the Delaware River Basin Commission, a partnership among New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the federal government to manage the resources of the Delaware River Basin.
Mauriello’s career with the DEP began in May 1980 when, soon after earning a bachelor’s degree in geology from Middlebury College in Vermont, he accepted a position as a project specialist for the New Jersey Geological Survey. In this job, he meticulously researched the development history and mapped the shoreline changes around Atlantic City in preparation for riparian litigation.
During the 1980s, he rose through the ranks of the Division of Coastal Resources. By the end of the decade, he was supervising a section that administered permits under key coastal protection laws that include the Coastal Area Facility Review Act, the Waterfront Development Law, the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act and the Flood Hazard Area Control Act. Mauriello supervised the section until 2001, when he was transferred to the DEP’s Office of Coastal Planning and Program Coordination, which worked with stakeholders to improve coastal management policies.
In 2002, he became director of the Land Use Regulation Division, the arm of the DEP responsible for implementing land use laws across New Jersey. Mauriello served in this capacity until 2006, when he was named assistant commissioner for Land Use Management.
Mauriello has authored or co-authored more than a dozen papers and publications focusing on a wide range of issues affecting New Jersey’s famed coastline. He is active in the field of floodplain management, founding the New Jersey Association for Floodplain Management and serving as regional director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers.
He has served on many committees and working groups, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Coastal Elevation and Sea Level Rise Advisory Committee, the DEP’s Global Climate Working Group, the New Jersey Hazard Mitigation Team, and the New Jersey Sea Grant’s Coastal Processes Advisory Committee.
Born and raised in Jersey City, Mauriello resides in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, with his wife Joanne, and sons Todd and Daniel.
Mark N. Mauriello, Commissioner
401 E. State St.
7th Floor, East Wing
P.O. Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
phone: 609-292-2885
fax: 609-292-7695 |
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