Happy Gerri Popkin Day!
Today is Gerri Popkin Day in Monmouth County!
Well, officially it will be (will have been?) tonight when the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders declare it so in a proclamation honoring Gerri’s nearly 30 years of public service. I never understood why the Freeholders honor people with a day in their name at the end of that day. Gerri has made a deep enough positive impact in Monmouth County in both her professional career and her political activism that the Freeholders should name an entire month or a building, at the very least a conference room, in her honor.
Popkin is retiring as Monmouth County’s Director of Purchasing after 28 years on July 1. As Director of Purchasing, she supervised a staff of 12 and was responsible for acquiring $100 million in goods and services annually. Prior to becoming Director of Purchasing, Gerri was the Director of Consumer Affairs. For two years in the mid-1980’s, she was a executive with the New Jersey Lottery.
Posted: June 25th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County, Monmouth County Life, Monmouth County News, Monmouth GOP, Monmouth GOP Affiliated Club | Tags: Gerri C. Popkin, Gerri Popkin, Gerri Popkin Day, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News | Comments Off on Happy Gerri Popkin Day!