Freeholder Tilo Rivas is a well-traveled
and active member of the Union City Committee. A research
scientist for Kraft Foods Growth Group in East Hanover, New
Jersey, he has also worked as a television and print
journalist in both the United States and his native
Dominican Republic. In both his work with Kraft and as a
member of the media, he has traveled extensively abroad and
domestically.
Educated at Santo Domingo Autonomous
University, where he studied communications, Mr. Rivas is
very active in a variety of cultural, political and
community organizations, including the Boco Chica Cultural
and Recreational Club of Hoboken, the Cuban-Haitian Aid
Center in West New York, the Hispanic Cultural Foundation of
Hudson County, the New Jersey Hispanic Parade of Hudson
County, the Union City Dominican Empowerment Political
Action Committee (DEPAC), the Committee to Celebrate 500
Years of the Foundation of the City of Santo Domingo in
Union City.
He has served on the Union City
Redevelopment Agency, the Union City Board of Education, and
as Chairman of the Union City Board of Education School
Safety Committee. He has served as Democratic Committeeman
and as a member of the New Jersey Cuban Parade Press
Committee, as well as being a founding member of the Union
City Public Library Friends, Inc.
On the Freeholder Board he serves as
Chairman of the Education Committee, Representative on the
Workforce Investment Board, and as a member on the following
committees: County Government, Oversight and Policy Review;
Economic Development and Housing; Ethics; Senior Citizens
and Veterans Affairs; Task Force on the Homeless; and
Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
Currently, Mr. Rivas is also an elected
Commissioner in Union City. He and his wife, Marianela, have
two sons, Kenneth and Daniel.
