Francis O'Connor
Chairperson
Biography
Commissioner

New Jersey Department of Transportation
(Ex-Officio)

Francis (Fran) O’Connor was nominated to serve as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation by Governor Murphy in January 2024.  O’Connor previously served as Deputy Director of the NJTA’s Electronic Toll Collection Program.  In the private sector, Fran advised transportation agencies across the country on the development and execution of critical projects with a strategic focus on toll roads.

O’Connor graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s in accounting from St. Peter’s University.

Elizabeth Maher Muoio
State Treasurer
Biography
State Treasurer
(Ex-Officio)

Elizabeth Maher Muoio was selected by Governor Phil Murphy and confirmed by the State Senate to serve as the New Jersey State Treasurer. She previously served as a Mercer County Assemblywoman as well as having served as the Director of Economic Development for Mercer County.

Muoio earned a B.A. in history from Wesleyan University and attained her J.D. of law from Georgetown University Law School. While at Georgetown, she served as the legislative director for Texas Congressman Jack Brooks.

She has lived in Pennington with her husband Joseph Muoio since 1995 and has three children. Muoio has served on many boards and commissions including Pennington Borough public commissions, the Pennington Library Board of Trustees, and in the Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters.

Gregory Lalevee
Vice Chairperson
Public Member
Statutory Representative of Interest of Trade Unions

Robert A. Briant, Jr.
Public Member
Statutory Representative of Interest of Firm Owners

Nelson Ferreira
Public Member
Statutory Representative of a Transportation Firm

Nelson Ferreira is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ferreira Construction Company, Inc., located in Branchburg, New Jersey. Very early in his career, Nelson realized what he wanted to accomplish in life - to become a successful construction contractor. He also realized that it would take a lot of perseverance, hard work and dedication.

Today, Ferreira Construction Company, Inc., "a company on the move", is a multi-million dollar, multi-faceted construction company with bonding capacity in excess of $200 million, with over 700 pieces of construction equipment. Ferreira Construction Company employs approximately 300 full-time employees and has expanded its market to include Florida and New York. Nelson commits to providing his employees with training and certifications to keep his company ahead of the curve with technology and safety programs.

Trustee:
Board of Directors -                                        Board of Directors -
Gill St. Bernard's School                                  Catholic Charities
Gladstone, New Jersey                                    Newark, New Jersey

Board of Directors -
The Regional Alliance for Small Contractors

The MOLES
Advisory Board Member - Morristown Hospital
General Contractors Association of NY

Khalid Anjum Public Member Appointed by Governor Phil Murphy on 04/16/21

Khalid Anjum is the Chief Innovation Officer of Middlesex County in New Jersey.  Mr. Anjum also previously served as the Department Head of Infrastructure Management and Chief Information Officer for Middlesex County.  His areas of expertise include transportation engineering & construction, public works management, smart cities planning, facilities planning & management, emerging technologies, infrastructure management, transportation program management, and traffic & transportation engineering. 

Anjum earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Bangalore University in India, along with a master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. 

Jack Kocsis, Jr. Public Member Appointed by Governor Phil Murphy on 01/10/22

Jack Kocsis, Jr. is Chief Executive Officer of the Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey (ACCNJ). ACCNJ represents contractor members engaged in commercial, institutional and industrial building construction, and heavy, highway, marine, site development and utility construction.

For more than 30 years, Jack has led the Association and has been directly involved in labor negotiations and jurisdiction settlement proceedings statewide with the general construction trades. He serves on a variety of labor/management boards and committees, including the New Jersey Laborers’-Employers’ Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET), the Carpenter Contractor Trust (CCT), the Engineers Labor-Employer Cooperative (ELEC) and the Bricklayers Labor Management Fund.  Jack is co-chair of the New Jersey Building Laborers Statewide Benefit Funds and the Construction Craft Laborers Training and Apprenticeship Fund of New Jersey and Delaware, co-chair of the benefit funds of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, co-chair of the Ironworkers District Council (Philadelphia & Vicinity) and co-chair of the Heavy and General Laborers. He also serves as a management trustee on numerous union fringe benefit funds.

Jack is active in public policy initiatives and governmental affairs. He formerly served as director on the New Jersey Economic Development Authority Board and the New Jersey School Construction Corporation Board. Recognized as a leader in the New Jersey construction industry, Jack currently serves as treasurer of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and is a member of the Moles.