

Vote June 2nd!

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
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



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