Sharon Anne Harrington was appointed Commissioner of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in July 2009 and currently serves as vice chair. Prior to joining the Casino Control Commission, Ms. Harrington served as Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) from March 2004 through July 2009.  

Commissioner Harrington was the State Director for U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg and had previously been Managing Partner with Public Strategies Impact, a Trenton-based Government Relations/Public Affairs firm. Her portfolio included public and private sector clients at the state and federal levels.  

Ms. Harrington served as Vice Chair of the Region 1 Board of Directors of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) and is also a member and past chairperson of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.  She served as a member of the State Ethics Commission.  She has a long-standing history of public service having served as the Public Member to the New Jersey Cemetery Board (1981-1983), the Urban Enterprise Zone Authority (1984 -1990) and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (1990-1996; 2002-2010).  Harrington also served as a Board member for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival,  Passage Theater, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the Women of Irish Heritage of the Jersey Shore.   

Ms. Harrington is a graduate of Glassboro State College, now Rowan University, where she served on the alumni board.  She is married to George Sullivan. They reside in the City of Trenton, Mercer County.