City of Hoboken Leadership

Caleb D. Stratton, PP, AICP, CFM is an Assistant Business Administrator at City of Hoboken, Chief Resilience Officer at City of Hoboken, and Adjunct Professor at CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK and is based in New York City, New York. He has worked as Graduate Assistant at City College of New York/The, Principal Planner at City of Hoboken, and Urban Planner at Town of Malta. Caleb studied at University at Albany between 2003 and 2007 and City College of New York/The between 2011 and 2012.

Caroline is graduating from Bard in the spring and is eager to work in housing policy. She is pursuing thorough research in the implementation of the Mount Laurel Doctrine. As a licensed real estate agent in New Jersey whose family business is real estate and development, Caroline possesses a unique personal understanding of the needs of many different types of stakeholders involved in these issues. She has developed excellent communication abilities from 6 years of wait staff and childcare experience.

Jennifer Gonzalez, AICP, PP, CFM is a Director of Environmental Services / Chief Sustainability Officer at City of Hoboken and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey. She has worked as Principal Planner at City of Hoboken, Policy Research Assistant at Benchmark Environmental, and Senior Environmental Planner at Louis Berger Group. Jennifer studied at Lehigh University between 2008 and 2009 and Lehigh University between 2004 and 2008.

John P. Allen joined Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP in May 2016. Mr. Allen concentrates his practice in school law with focus in representing boards of education. Mr. Allen is a former President of the Old Bridge Township Board of Education, one of New Jersey’s larger school districts. In that position, Mr. Allen was entrusted with the responsibility of running an effective school system.

Prior to joining Schenck, Price, Smith and King, Mr. Allen served as judicial law clerk to the Hon. Ned M. Rosenberg, J.S.C. in the Essex Vicinage of the New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division. Mr. Allen is a skilled and certified, court-appointed mediator.

Mr. Allen has previously served as a Legal One Fellow, where he developed policy and procedure for school districts including continuing professional education curriculum for school leaders, superintendents and boards of education in both New Jersey and New York. Mr. Allen also brings classroom experience from his fellowship with The Center for Civic Responsibility, for which he provided in-class support and training for teachers on the civics curriculum adopted by low income communities. His efforts empowered disconnected youth to affect positive change in their communities.

Mr. Allen graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Political Science and received his J.D. from Rutgers Law School - Newark. While attending law school, he was Vice Chair for Judicial Relations on the Moot Court Board and served as a Teaching Associate in the Legal Research & Writing Program. Mr. Allen also worked as a Student Lawyer in the law school’s Transactional & Business Law Clinic where he assisted and advised non-profit organizations and governmental bodies.

Ken Ferrante is a Chief of Police, City of Hoboken at City of Hoboken and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey. He has worked as Police Lieutenant/Emergency Management Coordinator at City of Hoboken. Ken attended New Jersey City University and Saint Peter's Prep.