*Photo Courtesy of the Office of the 19th Legislative District
By: John Mooney of Tap into Raritan Bay
PERTH AMBOY, NJ – Dianne Roman, the new director of the human services department in Perth Amboy, was lauded on the Assembly floor this week for directing the local pandemic response.
Roman, who has served the city for 20 years in various leadership roles in the public and private sector, was directly responsible for creating and leading the city’s COVID-19 response, bringing together healthcare providers, community organizations and government services to increase testing, educate residents and strengthen the city’s resiliency measures.
“Perth Amboy faced an especially challenging time during the COVID-19 pandemic, consistently leading Middlesex County in rates of infection and incidents of death,” said Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, (D-19th Dist.) in presenting the Assembly resolution. “When vaccines became available, Dianne led the city’s vaccination campaign to increase vaccine rates, helping Perth Amboy go from one of the lowest rates in the county to achieving the strongest rate of improvement.
Prior to becoming human services director in January, Roman served as the city’s business administrator, operations officer for the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development and administrator of the Perth Amboy Chamber of Commerce.
“Thanks to Dianne’s leadership and hard work, Perth Amboy residents have been consistently informed and prepared throughout the health crisis,” Lopez said. “Her work continues to be invaluable to the City and we are all grateful for her leadership.”
Roman also served on the Perth Amboy Board of Education for 11 years, until last month. She was appointed last month to the Board of Trustees of Middlesex College. She earned her undergraduate degree from Rutgers College in New Brunswick.
Roman has also volunteered for the Girl Scouts, for the NJ Sharing Network and for Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy.
