Legislative Panel To Feature Senator Linda Greenstein

(East Windsor) -- Senator Linda Greenstein will be a panelist at Emerge New Jersey's First Annual Building The Bench Breakfast on Tuesday, May 3, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the New Jersey Education Association office in Trenton, New Jersey.

The Building The Bench Breakfast will have a political panel moderated by award-winning reporter, Deb Howlett. The panel features female legislators sharing their journey to elected office and how women can work together to overcome the challenges they face today.

“I know firsthand the difficulties facing these women because I have lived it. The road to becoming the first woman to represent the 14th Legislative District in the Senate has not been without challenges, but it has been very rewarding for me. I believed I could be a senator and a wife and a mother, and I am,” said Greenstein.

Greenstein is the first woman to represent the 14th Legislative District in the Senate, which includes Cranbury, Jamesburg, Monroe, Plainsboro and Spotswood in Middlesex County and East Windsor, Hamilton, Hightstown and Robbinsville in Mercer County. She was elected to the New Jersey Senate in a November 2010 special election and then was reelected for her first full term in 2011 and her second full Senate term in 2013. She served for six terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, a tenure that began in January 2000.

In addition to Greenstein the following legislators are on the Building The Bench Breakfast panel: Senator Nellie Pou (D), Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (D) and Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver (D).

General admission tickets are available for $75.00 per person for the Building The Bench Breakfast. Sponsor opportunities are available in two levels: the gold package ($1,000.00) and the silver ($500.00) package. Both tickets and sponsors can be purchased here.

The RSVP deadline for the event is tomorrow.