Ms. Bebler Johnson brings a wealth of public service experience from her business days to her good works in state, county, and municipal government. She is known for her commitment to the community and to being of service to all the people with whom she comes in contact, here and abroad.

Her credo is based on Edmund Burke's quotation: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

On the political side, prior to serving as the former mayor of Willingboro Township in Burlington County, Ms. Bebler Johnson served on the Willingboro School Board and spent eight years on the Township Council. Currently, she serves with Senator Troy Singleton as part of the Burlington County delegation leadership team for the New Jersey State Democratic Committee (NJSDC).

She was the first female film editor at NFL Films, worked in advertising, did sports marketing for the US Ski Team and the Women's (International) Tennis Association, produced videos for commercial clients, edited news film for WCAU, worked in the cable TV industry, and has done special event planning, desktop publishing, and public relations. For 10 years, she handled all external and internal communications for the special needs/human services agency Archway Programs.

Besides serving on Willingboro's Human Relations Commission and Youth Achievement Committee, as Hawthorne Park PTA president, Willingboro Track Club secretary, clerk of the Vestry of Christ the King Episcopal Church, and other civic groups, she has been actively involved in various community organizations.

As Mayor in 1999, she signed the contract welcoming the Merck-Medco Health plant to anchor the new Town Center, Willingboro's showpiece of Rt. 130 Corridor Redevelopment. The plant employed 1,200 people and dispensed over 800,000 prescriptions per week, making it the largest mail-order pharmaceutical plant in the world. Since 1997, she served as the Democratic Municipal Chair for 18 years, Burlington County Co-Chair for Obama in 2008 and 2012, and Secretary of the Burlington County Democratic Committee Executive Committee. She is currently a member of the NJ Democratic State Committee, serving as a Deputy Vice-Chair, and is also a local Democratic Committeewoman.

At the NJ Department of Human Services, Lavonne was a Public Information Officer and Director of Web Services, where she planned and launched its new website in 2009 until she was let go by the current Administration in 2010. As an Adjunct Professor at Burlington County College and Rutgers University - Newark, she taught Effective Oral Communication and Public Speaking for several years.

She has served on the Board of Trustees of NJ's Youth Correctional Facilities Complex since 1993 and has been a member of the NJ League of Municipalities Legislative Committee since 1998. She is a founding member of Friends of Rancocas Nature Center, promotes progressive causes, writes, and is a Master Gardener and bird watcher.

Besides the births of her children Traci and Joaquim, and grandchildren Maya, Ella, and Abigail Johnson, key highlights of her life include: 1) in sixth grade, winning the American Accordionists' Association National Championship in NYC with Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Overture and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue