Carmen Twillie Ambar

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Carmen Twillie Ambar is an American academic, lawyer, politician, not to be confused with Carmen Twillie the actress/singer who sang "Circle of Life" on the soundtrack of The Lion King. As an academic, she was the ninth woman to lead Douglass College and the youngest Dean appointed in its history. Ambar was appointed by Governor Corzine to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority Board of Directors. She holds a bachelor's degree in foreign service from the Edmund A. Walsh School at Georgetown University, a master's degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a law degree from Columbia University School of Law. Ambar also chairs the Public Leadership Education Network Board and is vice-chair of the New Jersey Commission on the Status of Women.