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Jane Cohen serves as the Chief Policy Advisor.

Jane Cohen is Senior Advisor to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, where she handles the environment and energy portfolio, leading work on the Governor’s clean energy agenda, environmental justice and climate resiliency work, and among other key initiatives. Prior to joining the Governor’s office, she was the Policy Director at Isles, Inc, where she led strategy for a broad portfolio of policy issues including lead poisoning prevention and healthy housing, urban air pollution and electric vehicles and workforce development in the green jobs sector. Jane holds dual master’s degrees from Columbia University: a Master of International Affairs and a Master of Public Health.

In his role of Chief Climate Resilience Officer, Nick works to coordinate statewide resilience policy, leads and directs the development of the Statewide Climate Change Resilience Strategy, and provides technical guidance and support to local governments in their efforts to plan for and address the current and anticipated impacts of climate change. Nick also administers New Jersey’s Coastal Management Program in cooperation with a network of programs across DEP, and represents the Commissioner on the State Planning Commission, ensuring that climate resilience, natural resource protection, and infrastructure capacity are incorporated into the planning process.

Nick holds a Master of City & Regional Planning from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and a B.S. in Environmental Planning & Design from Rutgers University.