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League President
James Anzaldi (Mayor, Clifton City)

Jim Anzaldi has lived in Clifton all his life.  He attended Clifton public schools and received his degree in Political Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University. 

He has been involved in numerous civic, charitable and religious causes.  First elected as a member of the Clifton Municipal Council in 1978, he was the youngest Councilman ever elected in city government.

In 1990, he began his first term as Mayor of Clifton.  In 1994, he was re-elected with the highest percentage of votes in city history.  In 1998, he was re-elected becoming the first 3-term mayor in city history, and, subsequently, he was re-elected in 2002 and 2006, and is currently in his 20th year as Mayor.  He is one of the two trustees of St. Paul R.C. Church in Clifton.

League 1^st Vice President
Chuck Chiarello (Mayor, Buena Vista)

Mayor Chiarello is a 30 Year Resident of Buena Vista Township and is serving in his 6th Term elected as a Township Committeeman (his 18th year) and is serving his fifthteenth year as Mayor of Buena Vista Township.  Mayor Chiarello serves on the Buena Vista Planning Board, Environmental Commission, Special Events Committee, Public Safety Committee and more.  Mayor Chiarello is also Chairman of the Pinelands Municpal Council where he has served since 1996.

Chuck has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business/Marketing (with honors) from Richard Stockton State College in Pomona, NJ and is certified by the Rutgers Government Studies Program.  He also served as a Firefighter and Secretary of the Milmay Volunteer Fire Company for many years.

Chuck lives with his wife Cheryl in the Milmay section of Buena Vista Township.

League 2^nd Vice President
Daniel N. Coranoto (Deputy Mayor, Hampton Township)

Daniel N. Coranoto, a lifelong New Jersey resident, has served as Deputy Mayor of Hampton Township for eight years and as a Committeeman for 15. He has been a member of the Hampton Township Chamber of Commerce and, including 16 years on the Planning Board.

He has served on the League’s Executive Board since 1999.

Deputy Mayor Coranoto also served in the U.S. Navy for over 4 years. He has worked in the trucking industry for 29 years. For the past 16 years, he has worked for North Regional Fleet Manager for the Carolina Freight Company until it was sold to ABF Freight Company, which he retired from.  For a short time, he also worked for Shell Oil Company.  He is currently retired.

In addition, Deputy Mayor Coranoto has been a member of the Hampton Fire Department since its inception; has served on the Sussex County Sewer & Water board for 2 years; and has worked for the Sussex County Weights and Measures Department.

He attended college in California, majoring in industrial arts and has completed the “Municipal Elected Officials Certificate Program” under the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Entity Policy Center for Government Services.  Dan is also active in the Boy Scouts of America as Commissioner of the Patriots Path Council, Morris-Sussex County.

League 3^rd Vice President
Janice S. Mironov ( Mayor, East Windsor)

Janice Mironov has served as Mayor for 15 years, and prior thereto as Deputy Mayor for 1 year and Council Member for 2 years.  She has served on numerous local boards and committees, including as a Member of the Township Planning Board for the past 15 years.

In addition to serving on the Executive Board of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, she is also a member of the League's Legislative Committee, Heavy Truck Committee and Housing Policy Committee.

She has received many community awards and recognitions and also serves as a Member of the Township Economic Development Committee, the Clean Communities Advisory Committee, the East Windsor Municipal Alliance for the Prevention of Drug Abuse, and was a longtime Trustee of the Community Arts Partnership at The Peddie School (CAPPS) Board of Directors.

Raised and attending public schools in Bergen County, New Jersey, Mayor Mironov received her B.A. in political science from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts and earned her law degree ( J.D.) with honors from the National Law Center at George Washington University in Washington D.C.

Executive Director
William G. Dressel, Jr.

Bill Dressel is Executive Director and formerly Chief Lobbyist for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities.  He has held progressive staff positions with the League since 1974 and assumed the duties of Executive Director on July 1, 1995.

Bill manages the broad spectrum of programs and services for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, which represents all of the State’s 566 municipalities and a membership of over 13,000 elected and appointed municipal officials.  The League headquarters are located at 222 West State Street in Trenton.  The League has an operating budget of nearly 3 million dollars and has a staff of 20.  The League publishes a monthly magazine, New Jersey Municipalities, conducts seminars and educational workshops on a wide range of subjects, and publishes numerous survey documents, almanacs, and directories.  The League also has an Annual Conference each November in Atlantic City and attracts nearly 20,000 registrants.  The League Conference is the largest of its kind in the nation.  Bill Dressel also supervises four full-time lobbyists who are highly regarded as being the “municipal voice” on both Federal and State Legislative matters.

In 1999, he received the John G. Stutz Award for 25 years of State League Service by the National League of Cities.  He served from 1999 – 2001 on the Executive Board of the National League of Cities.  On November 14, 2007 he received the Rutgers Award for public service to New Jersey for Excellence in promoting and supporting Municipal Government.  On September 27, 2008, he was presented with the Sarah P. Fiske Award by Preservation New Jersey, Inc. for efforts in preserving the Ferdinand W. Roebling Sr. Mansion in Trenton.   Bill serves as a member of numerous governmental and association boards such as the Board of Directors of the Community Development Institute: Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers; serves as a trustee of Downtown New Jersey Inc.; is on the Board of Directors of the Health Care Quality Institute, serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the “Friends of the State House” organization, Board of Directors of D.A.R.E. New Jersey, Trustee, New Jersey Sharing Network, and is a member of both the Family Readiness Council for the New Jersey National Guard; and the Employer Support of the Guard and National Reserve. 

He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Social Science from Elon College in North Carolina.  He also holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from West Virginia University.  Some of his leisure activities include jogging and working on various community projects.