Mayor's Page

Mayor Josh Halpern

Email: JHalpern@fhboro.net
Term of Office: 1/1/2023 – 12/31/2026

Occupation:
Josh is an Experienced Sales Director who has spent 17 years covering the Eastern Seaboard for a global distribution company specialized in packaging and paper products

Additionally, as the Mayor of Fair Haven, he is an active member of the Police, Fire and Office of Emergency Management, Land Use, Finance, Engineering & Department of Public Works, Recreation, Outreach & Communications and Personnel committees and is a member of the NJ Conference of Mayors.  His responsibilities also include setting the agenda and presiding over monthly Council meetings.

Education:
Josh earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management from the University of Delaware and earned a Certification of International Hospitality at the School Hotel Passugg while studying abroad in Chur, Switzerland.

Personal: 
Before moving to Fair Haven in 2011, Josh lived in Manhattan, where he served on executive boards for various co-ops and apartment buildings with responsibility for reviewing financial statements and negotiating leases. As a registered 9/11 Rescue/Recovery Worker, Josh is proud to have supported the rescue and cleanup effort of the Twin Towers by helping to feed frontline emergency personnel in the aftermath of the attacks.

Locally, Josh sponsors and hosts various social and charitable events, including the Halpern Invitational Charity Ping Pong Tournament, which recently donated proceeds to the Fair Haven Community Appeal. He coaches Fair Haven Recreational and Travel Teams and is also a referee and a participant of the Fair Haven Men’s Basketball League.

Josh and his wife Nicole, a former elementary school teacher, are proud parents to Zach and Lily, RFH and Knollwood students in 10th and 8th grades, respectively.