Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes has been elected the First Vice President of the County Executives of America.
Hughes is set to serve a two year term with the CEA, a national, non-partisan organization representing chief elected county officials across the United States.
CEA consists of about 700 county or city-county governments in 45 states. The Washington, D.C.-based organization is tasked with the duty of representing the county executive form of government before the U.S. Congress, the White House and the departments of the Federal Government. CEA also works with private sector business leaders to create economic opportunities for its members’ local communities.
Hughes just completed a two-year term as CEA Second Vice President.
CEA’s membership is composed of top-level elected local government officials, including county executives, county judges, parish and borough presidents, city-county mayors, and commission presidents and chairs. All members must be duly elected by and fully represent their entire constituency, and be responsible for county budgets and services.
Hughes, who in 2011 was re-elected to a third four-year term as Mercer County Executive, also serves as board member of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, co-chairman of New Jersey Alliance for Action, Mercer County Chapter and member of the National Association of Counties and New Jersey Association of Counties.
