Debbie Mans, who served as energy policy advisor to Governor Jon Corzine, became deputy commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) effective February 14.
Mans came to the DEP with extensive experience both in government and with environmental organizations. She most recently served as baykeeper and executive director of the NY/NJ Baykeeper, a conservation organization that works to protect, preserve and restore the Hudson-Raritan Estuary.
Mans has served as baykeeper and the Matawan-based organization’s executive director since April 2008. Prior to joining Baykeeper, she served as environmental and energy policy advisor to then-Governor Jon S. Corzine, assisting in the development of a State Energy Master Plan charting clean energy plans through 2020. Governor Corzine at the time also appointed Mans to the New Jersey State Planning Commission.
Before working for the Governor, Mans served as Baykeeper’s policy director from 2002 to 2006, where she developed policies and programs to promote Baykeeper’s mission.
From 2000 to 2002, Mans worked with the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association as a policy and outreach specialist. In that role, Mans directed activities for a program designed to build New Jersey’s community based watershed organizations. She also analyzed municipal land use ordinances, zoning and master plans, and worked for environmental stewardship.
Published in the March 2018 Edition