Assemblywoman Shavonda E. Sumter

Senior Leadership Fellow

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Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter entered the New Jersey General Assembly in 2012.  She has served in the executive leadership as Deputy Speaker and Majority Conference Leader. Assemblywoman Sumter currently represents the 35th Legislative District that includes parts of Bergen and Passaic County. 

Assemblywoman Sumter received her Master’s in Business Administration from the Fairleigh Dickinson University Silberman College of Business and attended Kean University for her undergraduate degree in Political Science.