TARA B. PAXTON is the Director of the Division of Land Use & Planning and Township Planner in Brick, NJ. She also serves as the Township Grant Administrator, Affordable Housing Administrator, FEMA National Flood Insurance Program, Community Resources Systems Coordinator, Director of Community Development and Housing Liaison for the Township of Brick. She has worked for the Township of Brick in numerous positions since 2000. Tara has authored, successfully awarded and managed over $100 million in grant funds for the Township. She is also an adjunct professor with 10 years of teaching experience in public administration at Kean University and in urban and regional planning at Rowan University, where she teaches courses to undergraduates and graduate students including grant research, writing and management and planning practice, law and ethics. Tara recently began working for Lexipol as an independent contractor.
