Nicholas Chiaravalloti

Nicholas is the Vice President for External Affairs and Senior Counsel to the President at Hudson County Community College. HCCC is an award-winning comprehensive urban college with two campuses located just minutes from Manhattan in Jersey City and Union City, NJ, one of the most historic and ethnically diverse areas of the United States. Nicholas serves as liaison with federal, state and local officials and the community at large and provide executive and administrative direction for the College’s legal affairs, and leadership for the development, support, and execution of Presidential priorities.

Nicholas is the owner of ANJ LLC, a consulting firm that provides strategic consulting services to private sector clients. ANJ assists clients with the development of goals and defined outcomes, working with clients to address strategies to establish long-term meaningful relationships with public and private stakeholders. ANJ is also positioned to assist clients with specific short-term, time-sensitive project needs. Nicholas served as an Assemblyman for the 31st Legislative District from 2016 to 2022. The 31st Legislative District covers all of Bayonne and parts of Jersey City. He also served as Majority Whip from 2020 to 2022. In 2017, Nicholas received a Doctorate in Education from St. Peter’s University. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the Rutgers-Newark School of Law, becoming a member of the New Jersey Bar in 1998, and received a BA in History from The Catholic University of America. Nicholas has also served as the State Director for the Office of United States Senator Robert Menendez. He was a partner in the law firm of Weiner & Lesniak, LLP from 2002 to 2007. Nicholas currently serves on the New Jersey Broadband Commission, the Executive Board of the Boys Scouts of America, Northern New Jersey Council, the Executive Board of the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce, and the Regional Planning Association New Jersey Committee.