Nationality American Citizenship USA | Website www.turnergpa.com Name Caren Turner | |
Occupation political consultant and the CEO of government affairs firm, Turner Government & Public Affairs | ||
Caren z turner on the fox business network
Caren Z. Turner is a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. She is also a political consultant and the founder and CEO of Turner Government & Public Affairs, a government affairs firm. She served on Hillary Clinton's national finance team and is a co-chairman of the Financial Committee for Ready for Hillary, a super PAC created to draft Clinton for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. Turner has been featured on Fox Business as a correspondent on Washington lobbying. She is also an attorney with Potomac Law Group and adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management.
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Turner has written articles for The Huffington Post and The New Agenda. She was a member of Together4Us. Turner previously served as a vice president of FleishmanHillard; practiced international trade law and litigation at Cameron, Hornbostel and Butterman; and worked as a research analyst at International Business Government Counselors. She is the former president of Shelter our Sisters, a New Jersey shelter for victims of domestic violence. Additionally, Turner is a women’s rights advocate and works with the organization Vital Voices to secure rights for women internationally.
Turner served on the finance committees for Jon Corzine and others.
Turner sits on the Georgetown Law Alumni Board. She holds bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and received her juris doctor from Georgetown University in 1985. While at Georgetown, she served as the editor of the school's Law and Policy in International Business law journal. She is from New Jersey.
In February 2017, at the recommendation of New Jersey Senate Majority Leader, Loretta Weinberg, she was nominated by Governor Chris Christie to serve a six-year term on the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. On March 13, 2017, her nomination was approved by a Senate Judiciary Committee and the New Jersey State Senate. In March 2017, Turner voiced her opposition to President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget due to the impact his proposed cuts would have on the Gateway Program.