(R-Chester, Morris County)

Mr. Cogger has been a member of the Chester Township Council for the past 9 years.  He has served as Council liaison to Parks, Public Works, Police, Utility, Agriculture and Open Space.  He has also served as the Mayor’s liaison to the Morris County Agricultural Development Board for more than 10 years and is a former member of the Township Board of Adjustment.  He is an executive board member of the Raritan Highlands Compact.

Mr. Cogger is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison where he earned a BA in anthropology and sociology.  He holds an masters in management and labor relations from Rutgers University.  New Brunswick and post graduate work in Manpower Development from the New School for Social Research in New York City.  He has been certified as a municipal zoning official by the Bloustein School Center for Government Affairs at Rutgers University.

Mr. Cogger is a life long resident of New Jersey and has lived in Chester Township for the past 33 years. He lives with his wife, Marie, and daughter Cait on his wife’s family farm, which has been in the Ryan/Young family since the early 1920s.  The 120 acre farm is fairly evenly split between the Highlands preservation and planning areas.

Mr. Cogger is a former business executive in the computer/electronics service industry and has held a variety of general management and staff positions with companies such as TRW, Vanstar and Inacom.  He presently owns and operates the Chester Antique Mall in Chester Township.