Ms. Ellis joined New Jersey Resources (NJR) in 2004 and is responsible for the delivery of energy and customer service to nearly half a million residential and business customers. Additionally, she oversees the development and successful implementation of marketing strategy and new business development, long and short-term communication, regulatory, government relations and environmental policies and strategies, and the development and implementation of all customer and community relations programs. Before joining NJR, Ms. Ellis was Director of Communications for Governor James E. McGreevey. She also has served as Director of Government Relations and Communications for Newark, N.J.-based Public Service Electric and Gas, one of the largest combined electric and gas companies in the United States. Ms. Ellis is an alumna of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton with a degree in economics.