Kris Kolluri (born c. 1969) served as head of the

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, having taken office as of December 1, 2008, where he succeeded Scott Weiner."Kris Kolluri Appointed as CEO of SDA: DOT Commissioner to join Authority on December 1, 2008"
,

press release dated November 6, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2011. He had previously served as

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of the

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(NJDOT), having been sworn into office on March 13, 2006. He spent one day, December 28, 2006 as

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. Prior to that, Kolluri specialized in redevelopment and transportation law as an attorney at Parker McCay of Marlton. Kolluri was Chief of Staff to New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere. In this capacity, he served as counselor to the Commissioner and managed the development and implementation of the department's legislative and regulatory policies and communications strategies. Before taking this post, Kolluri was Assistant Commissioner of Intergovernmental Relations under Commissioner Jamie Fox at the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Kolluri was in charge of legislative relations, customer advocacy and public outreach and the divisions of Policy, Legislation and Regulatory Actions, and Federal and International Transportation. Prior to working in state government, Kolluri held a variety of top positions in Congressional offices. Most recently he served as Senior Policy Advisor to House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt, heading the Member Support Program which was established to help freshman Members of Congress design and implement long-term strategic initiatives. In early 1998, Kolluri was tapped to be special advisor to Congressman Gephardt on

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and Indian-American affairs. Before he worked for Congressman Gephardt, Kolluri served as Congressman Robert E. Andrews' Legislative Director and his principal staffer on the International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. Kolluri received a

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degree in Management and Marketing from

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, a

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in International Business from

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and a J.D. degree from

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. He lives in West Windsor Township with his wife and two daughters. On December 28, 2006, Kolluri served as acting Governor, while New Jersey Governor

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, the Senate president, Assembly speaker, and attorney general were all out of state. Under state law at the time, an acting governor had to be appointed whenever the governor is absent from the state. Since a 2006 constitutional amendment, New Jersey has had a lieutenant governor, second in the line of succession. The position was first filled by

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, elected with

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in November 2009.

References

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