Pamela Rosen Lampitt is an American Democratic Party politician who has represented the 6th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on January 10, 2006. She has been the Deputy Speaker in the General Assembly since 2012.
Personal Life
Lampitt was born in Natick, Massachusetts. She graduated from Johnson & Wales University with a degree in Culinary Arts and Management. Lampitt has worked at the University of Pennsylvania for 40 years and currently serves as the Director of Business Services, Hospitality Services. She has also been actively involved in steering committees on campus, including the Committee for Manufacturer Responsibility, which ensures university products are manufactured under fair labor standards. Lampitt and her husband, Charles, have two children: a daughter named Ilene and a son named Andrew.
New Jersey Assembly
Lampitt was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, filling the seat of fellow Democrat Mary Previte, who did not run for re-election and had held the seat in the Assembly since 1998. In 2007, Lampitt was the lead sponsor of the Comprehensive Statewide Transfer Agreement, which allows community college students to “seamlessly” transfer credits to four-year public universities. This law has become known as “the Lampitt law.”
Committee Assignments
Lampitt currently serves as the Chairwoman of the Assembly Education Committee and the Vice-Chairwoman of the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee.
