Kinn Badger
JSP Young Professionals Co-Chair (D)
Kinn Badger has served on the Board of Trustees of the Jersey Shore Partnership since 2021. She has Co-Chaired the Young Professionals Committee since 2018. Kinn currently serves as the Coalitions Director for the New Jersey Democratic State Committee and joined Governor Phil Murphy's reelection campaign as Senior Advisor for Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Faith-Based outreach. Kinn has a track record of managing historic campaigns, including those of Rupande Mehta for Senate (LD-25) and Sen. Gopal, Asm. Houghtaling & Asw. Downey for LD-11. She has previously served as the Executive Director of the Monmouth County Democrats from 2018-2020. Additionally, Kinn has worked on political races across the country, including Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in Florida and Jon Ossoff's Congressional Campaign in her home district, Georgia CD-6. Kinn is a proud Indian-American and a graduate of American University. She currently resides in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Jason Sena
JSP Young Professionals Co-Chair (R)
Jason Sena is a lifelong Monmouth County resident and a Councilman in Shrewsbury Borough. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Jersey Shore Partnership since 2021 and has helped the Young Professionals Committee grow since becoming Co-Chair in 2018. As an active member of the community, Jason previously served on the Zoning Board in Fair Haven, as a Commissioner on the Two River Water Reclamation Authority and on other local non-profit boards. Jason is an attorney in the Red Bank office of Archer & Greiner, where he practices in the Local Government Practice Group handling litigation matters of varying subject matter, election and campaign finance issues for local, state and national entities and serving as general counsel to public and private clients. Previously, Jason served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Linda Grasso Jones, J.S.C. in Monmouth County after graduating from Hofstra Law School. He and his wife Nina both attended Quinnipiac University. They have three children and enjoy spending time together at the beach and in Monmouth County’s many beautiful parks. In the rare event that he is not busy, Jason tries to find time to enjoy fishing, skiing, cooking and gardening.
Young Professionals Committee
Meet the Young Professionals of the Jersey Shore Partnership
Meet the Young Professionals
Name | Position, Employer |
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Co-Chairs
Kinn Badger and
Jason Sena |
Coalitions Director, New Jersey Democratic State Committee
Attorney, Archer & Greiner P.C. |
Brian Thomas | |
Theresa Velardi | Political Consultant |
Danielle Banyacski | |
Matthew Wooley | |
Jarrett Branch | Northeast Regional Director - The Blexit Foundation/Founder & President-Jarrett Branch and Associates |
Kate Foley | Senior Systems Analyst, Wellington Management |
Carmen Petruzzelli-McCann | |
Emily Certo | Monmouth County Republican Committee |
Jeff Hein | |
Nicole Scaduto | Food Circus Super Markets, INC. |
Jessica Rohr | |
Mark Regan, Jr | |
Michael Manning | |
Aidan Ehrenberg | Regional Sales Director; Motorola Solutions |
Kayla Coughlan | |
Kathyrn Balitsos | |
Danielle Jones | Confidential Associate, Office of Governmental Affairs & Community Relations | Brookdale Community College |
Catherine Tung | Government Affairs Advisor, McCarter & English |
Matt Filosa | Program Manager, Soup Kitchen 411 |
Julie Andreola | |
Shane Fried | |
Zachary Shuler | |
Nick DePaolo | |
Corinne Lewin | Senior Corporate Partnership Manager, DonorsChoose.org |
Jonathan Maciel Penney | |
Martin Slezak | |
Alexis Bailey | Director of Government Affairs, NJBIA |
Daniel Scaduto | |
Mike Post | Realtor Sales Associate - Coldwell Banker | Financial and Strategic Analyst for Willow Grove Capital Partners |
Matt Ertle | Aide to Assemblyman Ned Thomson |