Nellie Pou

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Nellie Pou is an American Democratic Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly, where she represents the 35th legislative district. She has served in the Assembly since 1997 and is the first woman and the first Hispanic to represent the 35th district in the New Jersey Legislature. Pou has been the Assembly's Deputy Speaker from 2002-2005 and was the Assistant Minority Leader from 2000-2001.

Assemblywoman Pou serves as Chair of the Appropriations Committee, and also serves on the Education Committee, Judiciary Committee and the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. Previously, Pou served on the Senior Issues Committee (as Chair), the Appropriations Committee (as Vice Chair) and the Education Committee. She has served on the New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect since 1997 and was Chair of the Paterson Department of Human Resources from 1983-1997. She served on the Passaic-Bergen County HIV Health Services Advisory Council from 1993-1997.

Nellie Pou attended Kean College, Rutgers University and the University of Virginia (Business Administration). She is an Assistant Business Administrator in Paterson.

[edit] District 35

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 35th Legislative District are:

• Assemblyman Alfred E. Steele, and
• Senator John Girgenti

[edit] External links

• Assemblywoman Pou's Legislative Website
• New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003
• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF)
• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF)