Caren Turner

Caren Turner
Residence Tenafly, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality American
Citizenship USA
Education
Occupation Democratic lobbyist[1], political consultant and the CEO of government affairs firm, Turner Government & Public Affairs
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Henry Fishman[2](1984-?)

Caren Zeldie[2] Turner is a Democratic lobbyist and former commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.[1] The former commissioner is also a political consultant and the founder and CEO of Turner Government & Public Affairs, a government affairs firm.[3][4] She served on Hillary Clinton's national finance team and is a co-chairman of the Financial Committee for Ready for Hillary, a super PAC created to draft Clinton for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.[5][6] Turner has been featured on Fox Business as a correspondent on Washington lobbying.[3][7] She is also an attorney with Potomac Law Group[8][9] and a former adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management.[10]

Corruption

In April 2018, she resigned from the Board of Commissioners after an ethics investigation revealed that her attempt to intervene in a traffic stop for her daughter was what the Port Authority called "profoundly disturbing" and deeply diseased conduct. Ms. Turner was officially censured by the Board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Her behavior was labeled “outrageous” and “profoundly disturbing.” The censure was unanimously approved, across state and party lines.

New Jersey police released videotape of her attempting to leverage her position at the Port Authority to intimidate[11][12] police officers following a routine traffic stop of a vehicle in which her adult daughter was a passenger.[1][13]. Her case was referred to New Jersey's Ethics Commission.[14] She is still actively employed in all other roles.

Career

Turner has written articles for The Huffington Post[15] and The New Agenda.[16] She was a member of Together4Us.[17] Turner previously served as a vice president of FleishmanHillard; practiced international trade law and litigation at Cameron, Hornbostel and Butterman; and worked as a research analyst at International Business Government Counselors.[15] She is the former president of Shelter our Sisters, a New Jersey shelter for victims of domestic violence. Additionally, Turner is a women’s rights advocate and works with the organization Vital Voices to secure rights for women internationally.[18]

Turner served on the finance committees for Jon Corzine and others.[19]

Turner received her juris doctor from Georgetown Law, where she served as the editor of the school's Law and Policy in International Business law journal. She received a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University where she majored in both political science and Spanish. She also received an executive MBA from Rutgers University.[10] Turner sits on the Georgetown Law Alumni Board.[20] She is from New Jersey.[21]

In February 2017, at the recommendation of New Jersey Senate Majority Leader, Loretta Weinberg, she was nominated by Governor Chris Christie to serve a six-year term on the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.[1][22] On March 13, 2017, her nomination was approved by a Senate Judiciary Committee and the New Jersey State Senate.[1] In March 2017, Turner voiced her opposition to President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget due to the impact his proposed cuts would have on the Gateway Program.[23]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ted Sherman (April 23, 2018). "Port Authority cites 'profoundly disturbing' conduct in resignation of commissioner". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. 1 2 https://mobile.nytimes.com/1984/01/29/style/august-wedding-for-miss-turner.html
  3. 1 2 "The State of Government Lobbying". Fox Business. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Andrea Shalal-Esa (19 September 2012). "A comedown for America's defense lobby". Reuters. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Klein, Rick (July 30, 2013). "Ready for Hillary PAC Reports Seven-Figure Cash Haul". ABC News. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ Catalina Camia (28 May 2013). "Major Democratic donors join pro-Hillary super PAC". USA Today. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. ↑ Andrea Shalal-Esa (10 November 2012). "Hewson's long Lockheed journey ends at the top". Fox Business. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Caren Z. Turner – Potomac Law Group". Potomac Law Group. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "FindLaw - Caren Z. Turner". FindLaw. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Prof. Caren Turner". George Washington University. Archived from the original on May 17, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Video shows Port Authority official who abruptly resigned cursing at officers". CBS News. Retrieved 26 April 2018. Turner said. "You may shut the f--- up and not tell me when I may take my kid and her friends, who are Ph.D. students from MIT and Yale.
  12. ↑ Ted Sherman (25 April 2018). "Who is Caren Turner and why did she become the focus of a viral dashcam video?". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 26 April 2018. She dropped the F-bomb. She belittled police officers. And she flashed her Port Authority commissioner's badge.
  13. ↑ "Video shows Port Authority commissioner telling cops: 'You may shut the f--- up!'". NJ.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  14. ↑ Ted Sherman (27 April 2018). "New video of Caren Turner at Tenafly police station surfaces. This time she didn't drop names". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 3 May 2018. The matter was also referred to the state Ethics Commission.
  15. 1 2 The Huffington Post. "UPDATES FROM Caren Z. Turner". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "The New Agenda - author". Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  17. ↑ Stile, Charles (5 July 2008). "Devout Hillary fan may defect to McCain". The Online Record via Free Republic. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  18. ↑ "U.S.Premiere of India's Daughter an Inspiring Success". Vital Voices. March 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  19. ↑ Friedman, Matt (27 February 2017). "Christie nominates retiring senator, CEO of public affairs firm to Port Authority board". Politico. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "LAB Board Members – Georgetown Law". Georgetown University. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  21. ↑ Max Pizarro (17 July 2008). "Hillraiser Turner considers the McCain option". PolitickerNJ. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  22. ↑ Matt Arco (March 13, 2017). "Christie Nominates Longtime Loyalist to Port Authority Board". NJ.com. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  23. ↑ John Reitmeyer (March 23, 2017). "Pushing to Keep Trump Budget Cuts From Derailing NJ Mass-Transit Projects". NJ Spotlight. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
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