The Finance Department is responsible for the receipt, safeguarding, investment, and disbursement of municipal funds, which include tax collection, accounts payable, and payroll. The Finance Office oversees the operations of the Tax Collector's Office, the Tax Assessor's Office, and the Water Utility. Adrian Mapp joined the City of Orange Township as the Director of Finance in 2012 under the Warren administration. Before joining Orange Adrian worked as the Comptroller at the East Orange Housing Authority. He has over 30 years of Accounting and Finance experience along with fourteen years of government financial experience. He served as the Chief Finance Officer for the Borough of Roselle for three years, and was the Treasurer of School Money for the Borough of Roselle School District. Prior to gaining his financial experience in the governmental sector, Adrian worked for Bristol Myers-Squibb for over 16 years in various functional areas such as finance, administration and purchasing. Adrian is a former Trustee of the Raritan Valley Rail Coalition, former Finance Committee Chair of the Green Brook Flood Control Commission, and is a member of the Frontiers International Plainfield Area Club, one of the oldest African American social services organizations in the country. In addition, he is also a member of the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and the New Jersey League of Municipalities (NJLM).
Adrian holds an M.B.A. in International Business from Fairleigh-Dickinson University and a B.S. in Accounting from Rutgers University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Municipal Finance Officer (C.M.F.O.) and a Qualified Purchasing Agent (QPA). He is currently serving as a Commissioner on the Local Finance Board after being confirmed unanimously by the New Jersey State Senate, in the later part of 2017.Adrian is an elected official in the City of Plainfield and is a former member of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders. |
