Get to Know the Candidates
Kerry Haselton
32- year Bernardsville Resident, raised two daughters who went to Borough schools
Honors and Awards:
Volunteer of the Year, Raritan Headwaters Association
Eleanor Roosevelt Volunteer Service Award
Environmental Stewardship Award, Bernardsville Environmental Commission
2014-2023, traveled to all 50 states and completed an endurance challenge in each, a feat
chronicled in the blog, 50inthefifties.com
Current Volunteer Work
Secretary, Raritan Headwaters Board of Directors, Chair, Stewardship Committee
Somerset County Open Space Advisory Committee
Bernardsville Environmental Commission, long service as Member and Advisor
Bernardsville Recreation Committee, Chair of the Trails Subcommittee
Spearheaded the creation and maintenance of the Class of 2020 Garden, Olcott Avenue
Bernardsville Farmers Market, as needed
Past involvement:
Coach, Girls in Gear Bicycling Program
Mayor's Ad Hoc Recreation and Open Space Committee
ESL Instructor, Bernardsville Library
Coach, Somerset Hills Soccer Club
Twin Lakes Neighborhood Association Board of Directors
High School Turf Field Committee
Led Committee that favorably altered DOT plans for a replacement bridge on 202
Education:
Madison High School, NJ, Salutatorian
Princeton University, Magna Cum Laude
Work Experience:
Prudential Insurance Company of America, retired as Associate Manager, PruCare NY/CT HMO
Physical Therapist Aide, Excellent Physical Therapy, Bedminster, NJ
Bob Frawley
Bob is a semi-retired business attorney with over 40 years experience who served with US Army National Guard from 1970-1976. He has been a Bernardsville resident since 1984.
He did his undergraduate work at Lehigh University and earned his JD from Georgetown University Law Center. He holds an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell.His focus has been on small business since he entered private practice. He has been a longstanding member of the Board of Directors of the Business Law Section of the New JerseyState Bar Association, having previously served as chair and currently serving as Legislative Liaison.
In 1991, Mr. Frawley founded one of the state’s first financial networking groups, the New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network, to help start-up businesses and established companies findfunding and business guidance. He has been an active speaker and writer on business and legal topics. He wrote the New Jersey Corporation Handbook, published by West Group, whichexplains how to organize and maintain New Jersey business corporations.Locally, he currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Raritan Watershed Association, and is a founding member of Downtown Bernardsville, Inc., as well as, a Trustee and Corporate Secretary.
He is an avid kayaker and bicyclist, and this past summer completed a 400-mile bicycle trip along the Erie Canal with Kerry and Kip Haselton, and Dr. Jeff Hammond (“Team Bernardsville”)
His daughter Meghan lives in Redlands California with his granddaughter, Gracie.
