The Department of Public Affairs serves as the university's liaison and ambassador connecting our three campuses and the governmental, corporate, and nonprofit communities. This department interacts with elected and appointed officials on all levels of government on behalf of the university's faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
The department's staff informs civic, community, and business leaders about university programs and the benefits of these programs to their goals and objectives. The university's strategic plan for relationship building with mayors, council members, county freeholders, and county executive directors evolves out of the Department of Public Affairs.
The Department of Public Affairs oversees the offices of State and Federal Relations.
The Office of State Relations concentrates on communicating the university's policy positions to the Office of the Governor and his cabinet as well as the state legislature.
The Office of Federal Relations works with the New Jersey congressional delegation and the national associations of higher education—especially the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC).
Public Affairs staff handle both internal and external inquiries relative to the university's position on legislation, community issues, and corporate interests as well as manage demonstrable impacts in Rutgers' access to state and federal research, outreach, and education funding opportunities.
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Department of Public Affairs
Vice President of Public Affairs
Jeannine F. LaRue
Winants Hall, Room 324
Senior Administrative Assistant
Mickey Komet
Winants Hall, Room 326
Department of Public Affairs
Winants Hall, Room 324
7 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1259
Phone: 732-932-7741
Fax: 732-932-6818
Office of Federal Relations
Assistant Vice President of Federal Relations
Francine Newsome Pfeiffer
Washington, D.C.
Assistant Director of Federal Relations
Megan T. Arleth
Washington, D.C.
Senior Administrative Assistant
Justin E. Scheid
Washington, D.C.
Office of Federal Relations
444 North Capitol Street, Suite 351
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-220-1336
Fax: 202-220-1337
Office of State Relations
Assistant Vice President of State Relations
Sharon A. Ainsworth
Winants Hall, Room 327
Assistant Director of State Relations
Paula Walcott-Quintin
Winants Hall, Room 325
Office of State Relations
Winants Hall, Room 327
7 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1259
Phone: 732-932-7752
Fax: 732-932-6818
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