Livingston School Board To Vote On Business Administrator After Meet And Greet Tuesday

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston Board of Education will vote on an applicant for the business administrator/board secretary job at their hybrid meeting Tuesday night. Candidate Thomas Lambe will be part of a meet-and-greet for the public before that.

Those wanting to watch the meeting from home can do so using this link. The agenda will be posted here and a Zoom link will be posted here under Announcements on Tuesday.

The district announced Lambe's prospective hiring on Monday afternoon.

The in-person “Meet & Greet” will be held at 6:45 p.m. at the Central Office, 11 Foxcroft
Drive.

Lambe’s employment would begin on July 1, 2023.

Previous School Business Administrator Michael Davison left on April 6 to join the Morris County Vocational School District. At its board meeting on March 20, the Livingston Board of Education approved the appointment of Dora Zeno as the interim business administrator. She will continue in that role until July.

Lambe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University, an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, and an MA in Educational Leadership from NJCU. He is currently pursuing his Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Manhattanville College.

Lambe has been the school business administrator/board secretary for the Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education in Oakland, NJ, since 2021.

He has been responsible for his district’s budget and financial reporting, purchasing, payroll, and inventory systems, the district said.

Before that, he had served in the same role for the Caldwell/West Caldwell Board of Education for six years.

He had also worked in other districts and taught in high school and college. He started his career in investment banking and switched to education.

Lambe has served in various leadership roles with the Bergen County Association of School
Business Officials (BCASBO), New Jersey Association of School Business Officials (NJASBO)
and ASBO International, and is a member of New Jersey Association of School Administrators
(NJASA) and the Association of Curriculum and Development (ACSD).

Mr. Lambe and his wife, Peggy, have three sons, ages 11, 9, and 8. In his personal time, he
is a volunteer youth football, basketball, and lacrosse coach, a volunteer YMCA swim parent, and a
member and past officer of the Irish American Association of Northwest Jersey.

Superintendent of Schools Matthew Block said, “Livingston Public Schools has been the beneficiary of outstanding financial stewardship provided by our previous business administrators. When we commenced this process, we set out to identify an individual with a
wealth of experience who will be able to manage the finances of a high performing district while
finding innovative ways to navigate the ever-present challenges schools districts face."

“I am excited to be able to join the Livingston Public Schools. My passion for education is a
great match for the committed stakeholders in this high-performing school district. After a
thorough interview process, I am grateful for the opportunity to collaborate," Lambe said.