ELECTION DAY — TUESDAY, November 5, 2024 • POLLS OPEN 6:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M
Commissioner Krickus served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and is a graduate of Drew University with a BA in Economics and Political Science. He received his MBA from Lehigh University and was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in New Jersey. Krickus worked in data analytics for Dun and Bradstreet and Experian.
Deborah Smith established the Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, which led to the ARPA distribution to small businesses. She continues to chair the county Budget Committee and is Chair and a voting member of the Insurance Fund Commission. She also serves on the Capital Budget/Facilities Review Committee and is proud to introduce a new budget for 2024 that includes no tax rate increase for the fifth year in a row.
Stephen H. Shaw is a lifelong resident of New Jersey and has lived in Morris County for more than five decades. He is serving his second term on the board and was Commissioner Director for 2021. He also chairs the county’s Capital Budget and Facilities Review Committee and the Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, which has been key to Morris County retaining its AAA financial rating throughout the pandemic. He is a member of the Operating Budget Committee and liaison to the county Public Works and the Office of Planning and Preservation.
Surrogate Heather J. Darling, Esq., was elected Surrogate in 2019. She received her bachelor’s degree from New York University in Finance and International Business in 1990 and earned her law degree, Doctor of Jurisprudence, in 2002 from Seton Hall School of Law.
Heather opened her law practice in 2004 and focused on Family, Wills, Trusts, and Estates in addition to Business and Criminal law, serving Morris County for over 19 years. She is a member of the New Jersey, New York, and Morris County Bar Associations. Heather also continues to operate her father’s real estate business.
Heather is a former Morris County Freeholder and Deputy of the Board. She took office as Morris County’s first woman Surrogate in January of 2020. Heather has made significant advancements to the Surrogate’s Office, the means by which Surrogates in New Jersey can assist the public including services such as the virtual filing of documents to probate wills; an idea conceived by Heather to serve seniors and citizens with mobility issues which became indispensable to the public by COVID-19.