In January of 2020, Governor Murphy signed P.L. 2019, c.298 into law which established the Tuition Aid Grant (TAG) Study Commission. The Commission members were charged with identifying any barriers, gaps, or deficiencies in the successful operation of the State’s TAG program. The Commission’s findings and recommendations for improvement were then compiled into a final report to the Governor and Legislature in October 2022.
The 10 members of the Commission listed below include five individuals appointed by the Governor to represent five sectors of New Jersey higher education (public research universities, State colleges and universities, county colleges, independent colleges and universities, and licensed degree-granting proprietary schools), as well as the executive director of HESAA and four public members appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly.
Christopher A. Capuano, Ph.D. President, Fairleigh Dickinson University Representative of Independent Institutions
Rabbi Aaron Kotler President Emeritus, Beth Medrash Govoha Public Member
Michael Chando Executive Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Rowan College of South Jersey Public Member
Kevin L. Luing Chairman, Berkeley College Representative of Degree-Granting Proprietary Institutions
Joseph Gasparro Carteret, New Jersey Public Member
Stephan Lally Woodbridge, New Jersey Public Member
Phoebe Haddon, Esq. Chancellor Emerita, Rutgers University-Camden, and Professor of Law Representative of Public Research Universities
Margaret M. McMenamin, Ed.D. President, Union College of Union County, New Jersey Representative of County Colleges
Sue Henderson, Ph.D. President Emerita, New Jersey City University Representative of State Colleges & Universities
David J. Socolow Executive Director, New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA)
