Tilo Rivas

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Tilo Rivas represents District 6 on the Hudson County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders, one of nine members who serve in a legislative role administering all county business. District 6 includes Union City. His term of office ends on December 31, 2008.

On the Freeholder Board he serves as Chairman of the Education Committee, Representative on the Workforce Investment Board, and as a member on the following committees: County Government, Oversight and Policy Review; Economic Development and Housing; Ethics; Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs; Task Force on the Homeless; and Tourism and Cultural Affairs.

Freeholder Rivas is a research scientist for Kraft Foods Growth Group in East Hanover, New Jersey and has worked as a television and print journalist in both the United States and his native Dominican Republic. Rivas was educated at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, where he studied communications.

Rivas serves as a member of the Union City Committee. He has served on the Union City Redevelopment Agency, the Union City Board of Education, and as Chairman of the Union City Board of Education School Safety Committee.

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Government of Hudson County, New Jersey
(County Seat: Jersey City)
County Executive Thomas A. DeGise
Freeholders District 1: Doreen McAndrew DiDomenico | District 2: William O'Dea | District 3: Jeffrey Dublin | District 4: Eliu Rivera | District 5: Maurice Fitzgibbons | District 6: Tilo Rivas | District 7: Gerald Lange Jr. | District 8: Thomas Liggio (Vice Chairman) | District 9: Albert Cifelli