George DiFerdinando Jr. MD

Joined the Board: 2018

Committees: Community Awareness

Degree/Certification: Medical Degree, School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Master of Public Health

Current Employment: Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Rutgers School of Public Health

Previous Employment: Deputy Commissioner and Acting Commissioner of the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, directed the NJ Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ).

Affiliations: Chair of the Princeton Board of Health, New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance

Favorite Quote: “Public Health is purchasable. Within a few natural and important limitations any community can determine its own health.” Hermann Biggs, Commissioner, NYS Department of Health, 1914