SUZETTE CAVADAS AND SALLY STRAUSS ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2015 UNION CHAPTER UNICO RICHARD J. GALANTE, SR. HUMANITARIAN AWARD. BOTH ARE RESIDENTS OF UNION, NEW JERSEY.
SUZETTE IS THE PER DIEM PROSECUTOR IN THE CITY OF ELIZABETH FROM MARCH 2012 TO PRESENT. SHE ALSO HELD POSITIONS OF ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER – NORTH PLAINFIELD, PROSECUTOR – SCOTCH PLAINS AND IS PROSECUTOR – PLAINFIELD FROM JANUARY 2013 TO PRESENT.
SUZETTE HAS RECEIVED A B.A. IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM KEAN UNIVERSITY IN 1997, AND A PHD IN LAW FROM WIDENER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. SHE IS A COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF UNION. SHE IS THE DEPUTY MAYOR. SUZETTE HAS SEVERAL INVOLVEMENTS AND ACOMPLISHMENTS – SOME OF THEM ARE – MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF UNION, DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADER FOR DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT 37, MEMBER OF THE ESSEX COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, UNION COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, UNION COUNTY COURT EARLY SETTLEMENT PANEL – FAMILY DIVISION, MEMBER OF THE ETHICS COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE NEW JERSEY BAR ASSOCIATION, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
SUZETTE IS MARRIED AND HAS A SON AND DAUGHTER. SHE IS FLUENT IN ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH. SHE IS A PARISHIONER OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH.
SALLY STRAUSS, ALSO THE RECIPIENT, RETIRED AT A YOUNG AGE AFTER A LONG CAREER AS A CORPORATE EXECUTIVE IN BOTH UNION AND NEW YORK CITY. SHE HAS FOCUSED NOW ON VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND IS INVOLVED IN MANY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF TRINITAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND AUXILIARY, ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NEW JERSEY, FORMER MAYOR’S AIDE, VICE PRESIDENT OF UNION PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OFFICER IN THE UNION DEMOCRATIC CLUB, SUPPORTS THE VETERAN’S ALLIANCE, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
SALLY WAS A SECOND GENERATION HONOREE AT THE SENIOR CENTER IN UNION. HER DEAR MOTHER WAS ROZ STRAUSS AND HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE UNION CHAPTER UNICO NATIONAL 2015 RICHARD J. GALANTE, SR. AWARD BECAUSE OF HER GENEROSITY, HER CARING AND FOR BEING A DIVERSIFIED HUMANITARIAN AND ADVOCATE.