Steven M. Fulop
Steven M. Fulop
Mayor
Jersey City
Mayor Steven M. Fulop was elected Mayor of Jersey City and joined the NJTPA Board of Trustees in 2013.
After starting his career at Goldman Sachs in Chicago, Mayor Fulop returned to New Jersey and moved to Jersey City. Upon witnessing the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001, Mayor Fulop left his job at Goldman Sachs and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
Mayor Fulop returned from military service and focused on his community, where he became president of both the Historic Paulus Hook Association and the Downtown Coalition of Neighborhood Associations. He ran successfully for City Council in 2005.
During his first council term, he earned a master ’s degree in business administration from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a master ’s degree in public administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Fulop earned his bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University and also studied at Oxford University in England.