City Council

Councilman Elliot Beinfest
email: ebeinfest@linwoodcity.org

COMMITTEES: Chairman Neighborhood Services
REPRESENTATIVE: Board of School Estimates, Administration Committee, Public Works Committee

Elliot C. Beinfest is a Linwood resident for twenty-one years, Linwood City Councilman since 1995, and immediate past president of City Council from January, 2000 through January, 2002. Elliot is an attorney, with a general law practice emphasizing taxation, wills and estates, transactional real estate and commercial matters. A successful New Jersey lawyer since 1980, Elliot's law offices are in Ventnor.

City Council responsibilities have included Rescue Squad Committee, Chairman; Administrative Committee, Chairman; Tax Committee, Chairman; Insurance Committee, Chairman, and Municipal Court Committee and membership on Board of School Estimates. In addition, Elliot served as the Public Defender for Linwood for six years, from 1988-1994.

An active member of numerous civic organizations, Elliot's volunteerism includes Northfield Linwood Kiwanis, Past President and Member of the Board of Directors; Advisor to Mainland Regional High School Key Club; Northfield Linwood Kiwanis Foundation, Founder, Secretary and member of the Board of Trustees; Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties, Vice President, and Coach of Linwood sports teams. Elliot was also a founding member of the Board of Trustees of the Linwood Education Foundation.

Elliot and his wife, Adrienne reside in Linwood. They have two sons.

COMMITTEES: Chairman Engineering
REPRESENTATIVE: Public Works Committee, Revenue & Finance Commitee

Nancy Ridgway was appointed to Linwood City Council on September 14, 2005 to fill the unexpired term of John Amodeo. Ms. Ridgway attended the Linwood Schools and is a graduate of Mainland Regional High School. Ms. Ridgway is a graduate of Smith College and The Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University. She is currently a Partner with the law firm of Ridgway and Ridgway in Linwood, and previously served as the Linwood Public Defender.

Ms. Ridgway's community involvement includes volunteering for the Mainland
Recreation Association Swim Team, the Mainland Mariners Swim Team, the Home and School Association/PTO, and the Mainland United Soccer Association. She is a member of the District I Ethics Committee of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and serves as a volunteer Early Settlement Panelist for the Superior Courts in Atlantic and Cape May Counties. Ms. Ridgway is a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Linwood, where she is a Trustee , volunteer, and Parish Council member.

Ms. Ridgway is married to Jim Camey. They have four children, Sarah, Jimmy,
Liam and Samantha.

Council President Donna Taylor
email: dtaylor@linwoodcity.org

COMMITTEES: Chairman Administration
REPRESENTATIVE: Public Works Committee, Revenue & Finance Commitee

Donna Taylor was appointed to Linwood City Counsel on May 12, 2004 to fill the unexpired term of Patricia Guerrina. A lifelong resident of Linwood, Ms. Taylor attended the Linwood schools and is a graduate of Mainland Regional High School. Ms. Taylor is a graduate of what is now called The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and the Villanova University Law School. Ms. Taylor is currently an Assistant County Counsel in the Law Department for Atlantic County Government.

Her community involvement includes serving as the Atlantic County Coordinator for GROW Republican Women, Vice President for the Mainland Mariners Swim Club and volunteers her time with many of the Youth athletic organizations. She has served as a high school mock trial coach and is a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Church.

Ms. Taylor is married to David Taylor and is the mother of three children, David, Sean, and Patrick.

Councilman Alexander C. Marino
email: amarino@linwoodcity.org

COMMITTEES: Chairman Revenue & Finance
REPRESENTATIVE: Engineering, Public Safety, Duck Pond Sub-Committee, Solar Energy Sub-Committee

Alexander C. Marino was appointed to Linwood City Council on January 18, 2006. He has been a resident of southern New Jersey for more than 30 years, and a resident of Linwood for the past eight. He has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Stockton State College, a master's in College Administration & Student Development from the University of Denver (Colorado), and has completed his doctoral course work and comprehensive exams in Higher Educational Leadership from Widener University (Pennsylvania). He is currently the Director of Operations for the Carnegie Library Center & Assistant to the Provost at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. The Carnegie Library Center is Stockton's satellite facility in Atlantic City, NJ.

Within Linwood, he was a charter member of the Environmental Commission where he co-authored two grants the City received, one for an Environmental Resource Inventory, the other for a Stormwater Management Plan. He also helped to organize the Memorial Park Tree Planting Project that involved more than 250 volunteers from a number of community organizations. He has served as an umpire for little league and as a coach for street hockey.

Marino's community leadership includes serving as Chairman of the Steering Committee for Main Street Atlantic City, co-chair of two community impact teams for the United Way of Atlantic County, and as Foundation representative for Phi Delta Kappa, a professional education association. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Atlantic City Historical Museum, the Atlantic Heritage Center, formally the Atlantic County Historical Society, the Metropolitan Business and Citizens Association (MBCA), and Richard Stockton College's Alumni Association. In February, 2006 he was nominated and selected as one of the region's "Top 40 Under 40" by Atlantic City Weekly and the Greater Atlantic City Jaycees. This recognition distinguishes selected individuals for their community activities, professionalism, and humanitarian efforts as the region's best and brightest young leaders.

He is married to Bonnie Todd, a lifelong resident of Linwood, and a teacher in the Linwood School District. Together they have three children, Patrick, Madeline, and Michael "Mac."