The Society seeks to maintain an organization supporting the promotion of world-class government leadership with a focus on local management of public choice and public policy issues.
In 1984, students from New Jersey’s first Certified Public Manager program class formed The Certified Public Managers Society of New Jersey (Society). The Society was recognized and organized under Executive Order 117 (Governor Thomas H. Kean). The Society is New Jersey’s statewide professional organization for Certified Public Managers.
The Society’s mission is to promote and maintain the highest standards of professional and ethical practice in New Jersey public management by fostering professional growth and development of New Jersey’s public managers; providing educational and management resources to New Jersey’s state and local governments; supporting the Certified Public Managers Program; and, protecting the interests of the public and members of the Society.
