640 S. Broad Street
CAB 220
Trenton, NJ 08650

Telephone: 609-989-6980
Email: pcolavita@mercercounty.org

Term Ending: December 2009

Residence: Lawrenceville

Notre Dame High School; B.A. St. John’s University; M.A. Trenton State College; Continuing Education Units (CEU)

Retired Speech & Language Therapist

Mercer County Freeholder (2004 to present), Freeholder Board President (2007); Former president, vice president and chair of Community Relations for the of Lawrence Township Board of Education (1984 to 1993); former mayor and deputy mayor of Lawrence Township Council (1996 to 1999); and currently a member of Ewing-Lawrence Sewage Authority (2002 to present)

Mercer County Community College Board of School Estimate and Mercer County Vo-Tech Schools Board of School Estimate

Member and usher at St. Ann Parish in Lawrenceville; coordinator of Loaves and Fishes – which feeds the homeless and working poor; volunteer at St. Lawrence Rehabilitation; YMCA Board of Directors; and member of various fundraising committees

Pat is married to wife Marianne, and they have two children Courtney and Christian and a dog.