Pamela Rosen Lampitt | |
Office1: | Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 6th District |
Term Start1: | January 10, 2006 |
Alongside1: | Louis Greenwald |
Predecessor1: | Mary Previte |
Office2: | Deputy Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly |
Term Start2: | January 10, 2012 |
Predecessor2: | Jack Conners |
Office3: | Chair of the New Jersey General Assembly Committee on Education |
Term Start3: | January 9, 2018 |
Predecessor3: | Marlene Caride |
Birth Name: | Pamela Rosen |
Birth Date: | 19 December 1960 |
Birth Place: | Natick, Massachusetts |
Spouse: | Charles Lampitt |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Johnson & Wales University |
Occupation: | Director of Business Services, Hospitality Services |
Residence: | Cherry Hill, New Jersey |
Website: | Legislative Website |
Pamela Rosen Lampitt (born December 19, 1960) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has represented the 6th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly since taken office on January 10, 2006. She has been the Deputy Speaker in the General Assembly since 2012.
Lampitt was born in Natick, Massachusetts.[1] She graduated from Johnson & Wales University with a degree in Culinary Arts and Management. Lampitt has worked at the University of Pennsylvania for 40 years and currently is the Director of Business Services, Hospitality Services. She has served on a number of steering committees on the campus, working on the Committee for Manufacturer Responsibility, which ensures university products are manufactured under fair labor standards. Lampitt and her husband, Charles, have two children, a daughter, Ilene, and a son, Andrew.
Lampitt was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, filling the seat of fellow Democrat Mary Previte, who did not run for re-election and had held the seat in the Assembly since 1998.[2] In 2007, Lampitt was the lead sponsor of the Comprehensive Statewide Transfer Agreement,[3] which allows community college students to "seamlessly" transfer credits to four-year public universities.[4] The law has been called "the Lampitt law".[5]
Committee assignments for the current session are:[6]
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly.[7] Representatives from the 6th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:[8]
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