Ray currently is NJSBA’s Chief Membership Engagement Officer and has been with the association since 1998. Ray began his NJSBA career in the Field Service Department when he started as a County Program Coordinator and later as a Field Service Representative in the northern region of the state. In January of 2008 Ray moved to the Governmental Relations Department as the Grassroots Coordinator/Lobbyist. In 2010 he moved to the position in the Executive Office of the association as the Member Outreach Coordinator before taking his current position in 2012. In this position he guides the school board leaders in all twenty-one county school board associations and has attended numerous meetings in all twenty-one counties. Creating relationships with educators in all corners of the state.

Having served the association as a trainer, lobbyist, writer, and presenter he has a unique blend of experience to know school governance issues from various perspectives. He has hosted various podcasts and video programs at NJSBA that have included many state and educational leaders such as governors, senate and assembly leaders as well as commissioners of education. He has also interviewed New Jersey state teachers, board members, and superintendents of the year.

In his free time Ray is an avid runner and is one of the oldest people ever to run the length of the State of New Jersey, from High Point to the Cape May Lighthouse.