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Kirsten Light

About Me

I have lived in New Jersey my entire life, growing up in Berkeley Heights but calling Bernards Township my home since 2010.  I live here with my husband, Frank, my daughter, Caeli (21) and my son, Jaxon (10).  My daughter graduated from Ridge High School in 2022 and my son currently attends Liberty Corner Elementary School.  I love this town!  I care about this town, so much so, that when I saw the quality of our schools beginning to decline while our taxes soared, I got elected to the Board of Education (BOE) and served our community in that capacity for three years.

While I served on the BOE, I was the Finance Committee Chair and a member of the Facilities & Operations Committee for two years.  During this time, I was able to keep the increases to our property taxes to 0.73% and 0% which resulted in savings of over $5M to our community.  No services or staff were cut, teachers received raises and I personally championed (and succeeded) in adding 4 new police officers to serve at each of our elementary schools for our children's safety.

I now want to bring innovative solutions that show results like these to the Township Committee!

Professional Credentials

 

Current Employment: 

Andersen Group (ANDG)

Director, Tax Transformation & Strategic Alliances Leader

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Education:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Bachelor of Science, Accounting

Villanova University

Masters Certificate, Business Intelligence

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Masters in Taxation Coursework

Credentials:

Certified Public Accountant

Certified Information Technology Professional

Soccer Coach, 'F' License

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Community Involvement

 

Representative, Bernards Township Republican Municipal Committee​​​

2024 - Present

Scheduler (Boys Lacrosse), Ridge Youth Sports, Inc.

2025 - Present

Board Member, Bernards Township Board of Education

2022 - 2024

Trustee, FC Berna, Inc.

2018 - 2019

Soccer Coach, FC Berna, Inc.

2011 - 2016

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