Stephen Cornman, Esq., M.P.A.

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Stephen Q. Cornman is the administrator of the Georgetown University School choice Demonstration Project. He is public policy specialist with ten years of government experience as Chief of Policy for the largest County in New Jersey, Deputy Director of the Essex County, NJ Improvement Authority and Policy/Budget Assistant to former Borough President Fernando Ferrer in New York City. Cornman has directed the implementation of federal grants from the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. As the former chief of policy and planning for Essex County, New Jersey, he designed a community based welfare-to-work system that reduced the welfare rolls from 32,000 to 16,000 people. He practiced law for eight years, specializing in civil litigation trials. Cornman has professional degrees in public affairs and law. He is a Columbia University MPA and Thomas Jefferson School of Law JD, an active member of the District of Columbia Bar, and a candidate for a Ph.D. at Columbia University. Cornman was the former administrator of the SCDP.