New Jersey Highlands Council | Contact Information

Office Location
100 North Road (Route 513)
Chester, New Jersey 07930

Phone/Fax
(908) 879-6737
Fax: (908) 879 4205

Additional Contact Information

Staff Directory
Highlands Council Staff Liasons
Driving Directions
OPRA Requests

Staff Directory

Staff phone extensions and email addresses. Highlands Council Office: (908)879-6737.

Last	First	Title	Ext.	Email
Acker	Glenn	Information Systems Coordinator	124	glenn.acker@highlands.nj.gov
Acker	Linda	Administrative Assistant	100	linda.acker@highlands.nj.gov
August	Herbert	Manager of Grants Administration	102	herbert.august@highlands.nj.gov
Bittner	Allison	Regional Planner	131	allison.bittner@highlands.nj.gov
Castanhas	Karen	Administrative Assistant	114	karen.castanhas@highlands.nj.gov
Curran	Kelley	Science Manager	116	kelley.curran@highlands.nj.gov
Dicton	Carole	Manager of Communications	105	caroleann.dicton@highlands.nj.gov
Ezyske	Casey	Water Resource Management Specialist	104	casey.ezyske@highlands.nj.gov
Friend	Sarah	Environmental Scientist	119	sarah.friend@highlands.nj.gov
Gallagher	Gabrielle	Chief Counsel	103	gabrielle.gallagher@highlands.nj.gov
Haddock-Weiler	Maryjude	Planning Manager	110	maryjude.haddock-weiler@highlands.nj.gov
Hartman	Neda	Senior Counsel	126	allison.bittner@highlands.nj.gov
Hascha	Alex	Resource Management Specialist	113	alexander.hascha@highlands.nj.gov
Humphries	James	Director of Planning, Science & GIS	128	james.humphries@highlands.nj.gov
Klaube	Carolyn	Senior Resource Management Specialist	117	carolyn.klaube@highlands.nj.gov
Persaud	Ranji	Manager of HR, Fiscal and Office Services	120	ranji.persaud@highlands.nj.gov
Piasecki	Corey	Principal Planner	129	corey.piasecki@highlands.nj.gov
Selles	Owen	GIS Specialist	115	owen.selles@highlands.nj.gov
Spinelli	Ben	Executive Director	101	ben.spinelli@highlands.nj.gov
Strubert	Weston	GIS Specialist	123	weston.strubert@highlands.nj.gov
Tagliareni	Annette	Executive Assistant	111	annette.tagliareni@highlands.nj.gov
Tagliareni	Tom	Manager Information Systems	145	tom.tagliareni@highlands.nj.gov
van den Akker	Jocelyn	GIS Manager	125	jocelyn.vandenakker@highlands.nj.gov

Highlands Council Staff Liasons

Each Highlands municipality and county is assigned a Highlands Council staff liaison. This ensures that municipal and county officials and their professionals have dedicated points of contact within the Highlands Council staff for any Plan Conformance or other Highlands-related matters. A complete list of liaisons is available in the Plan Conformance section on this site.

Driving Directions

From Rt. 287:
Rt. 287 North- exit 22B- or Rt. 287 South- exit 22- to Rt. 206 North.
At 7th light (Rt. 206/Rt. 24 intersection) make right onto Rt. 513 (Main Street of Chester).
Go through the town of Chester to next light (convenience store/gas station on left corner).
Continue straight through light on Rt. 513 (also known as North Road).
Entrance to office complex will be approximately ½ mile on right. Turn at sign for "Highlands Ridge Park" by white barn. Follow signs to office.

From Rt. 80:
Rt. 80 West-exit 27A- Rt. 80 East- exit 27- to Rt. 206 South.
Travel approximately 10 miles to Rt. 206/Rt. 513 intersection, and make left onto Rt. 513 (Main Street of Chester).
Follow directions above.

From Rt. 10:
Rt. 10 West- take Dover-Chester Road jughandle across Rt. 10 onto Dover-Chester Road.
Rt. 10 East- take Dover-Chester Road exit, and bear right.
Go through two lights and continue straight for approximately 4-5 miles. Dover-Chester Road eventually changes its name to North Road (the entire length of road is also known as Rt. 513).
Office will be on left. Turn at sign for "Highlands Ridge Park" by white barn. Follow signs to office.

OPRA Requests

Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Requests