Ellen Park
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Ellen Park | |
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.jpg) Park in 2025 | |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 37th district | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Valerie Huttle and Gordon M. Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 6, 1972 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Richard Ma |
| Website | Legislative webpage |
Ellen J. Park (born March 6, 1972) is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who was elected in the 2021 New Jersey General Assembly election as an assemblywoman for New Jersey's 37th legislative district, making her the first Korean American woman to be elected to the New Jersey Legislature.
Committees
Born in South Korea, Park moved to the United States as a child and was raised in the New York City neighborhoods of Sunnyside and Flushing. She attended Bronx High School of Science and New York University.[1] She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law.[2] She was elected in 2016 to serve on the Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Borough Council. In the November 2021 general election, she was elected together with her running mates, making her the first Korean woman to serve in the state legislature.[1]
Since 2024, Park has served in the Assembly as Parliamentarian.[2]
In 2024, Park was one of the 14 Democratic Party electors who cast the states 14 electoral votes for Kamala Harris for President and Tim Walz for Vice President.[3]
Committee assignments for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:[2]
- Judiciary (as chair)
- Budget
- Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture
District 37
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly.[4] The representatives from the 37th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:[5]
- Senator Gordon M. Johnson (D)
- Assemblywoman Shama Haider (D)
- Assemblywoman Ellen Park (D)