Speakers

American Legion Jersey Boys State is proud to offer a wide variety of high-quality speakers to speak to all the delegates each year. From the battlefield to the board room, here are some of our featured speakers:

  • Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey
  • Christopher J. Christie*, Governor of New Jersey
  • Senator Robert Menendez*, US Senator
  • Senator Cory Booker*, US Senator
  • Jim McGreevey, former NJ Governor
  • Christine Todd Whitman, former NJ Governor and EPA Secretary
  • Jon Corzine, former NJ Governor
  • Rep. Leonard Lance*, US House of Representatives
  • Thomas Byrne*, former Chairman of the New Jersey State Democratic Committee
  • Ari Fleischer, Former White House Press Secretary
  • Gurbir Grewal, former Attorney General of New Jersey
  • Matt Platkin*, Attorney General of New Jersey (alum)
  • Kim Guadagno, First Lt. Governor of New Jersey
  • Dan Benson*, NJ State Assemblyman (alum)
  • Brian Bergan*, NJ State Assemblyman (alum)
  • Raj Mukherji*, NJ State Assemblyman (alum)
  • Bob Hugin*, Chairman of the NJGOP (alum)
  • Ryan Peters*, former NJ State Assemblyman (alum)
  • Tom Kean, Jr., NJ Congressman
  • William Shluter, former NJ State Senator
  • Doug Forrester, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate
  • Herbert Conaway*, NJ State Assemblyman
  • Admiral Michael Ratliff, retired Former Director of Naval Intelligence
  • Dr. Ernest Reock, retired Director of Governmental Studies, Rutgers University
  • Capt. Bernard O’Neill, US Air Force Pilot
  • Charles Wiley, Nationally Renowned Reporter 
  • Jay Williams, Former NBA Basketball player and current ESPN Analyst

* Indicates Alumni of the American Legion Jersey Boys State Program