Professional Experience
- Graduate, Mercer County Community College
- Graduate Morris County Community College
- Owner and Manager Illiff-Ruggiero Funeral Home Newton, NJ
- Owner and Manager Smith Taylor Ruggiero Funeral Home Dover, NJ.
- Owner Ruggiero Monument Co. and Ruggiero Realty Associates Newton, NJ.
- Past two Term President Tri County Funeral Assoc.
- Delegate at Large and Executive Board member of NJSFDA standing committees.
- Member and past president Hampton Twp. Rotary Dist. 7470
- Board Member Sussex County United Way
- Treasurer Karen Ann Quinlan Center of Hope Hospice Charitable Foundation
- Sussex County Charter School Board of Education
- Board Member Sussex County F&HS New Jersey StateFair
- Member Newton Chamber of Commerce
- Lifelong resident of Sussex County
- Have two sons Domenick A. and Matthew C.
- Member Newton Country Club
Professional Experience
- 1983 Graduate Mercer County Community College
- Mortuary Division, Major: Mortuary Science, Minor: Criminal Justice
- Degree Earned: Bachelor of Science.
- Also while at Mercer County College:
- Director of mortuary transportation, Captain of embalming lab team 1983, Passed the New Jersey State Board Exams and The National Board Exams
- Received New Jersey Mortuary License number 3686
- 1984 Graduated the following institutions as a certified Eye Enucleation Specialist:
- The Eye Institute of New Jersey, The Eye Bank Foundation of New Jersey, The Eye Bank Association of America.
- Morris County Funeral Directors Association
- Tri-County Funeral Directors Association
- The National Funeral Directors Association
- Past Member Passaic County Funeral Directors Association
- Sussex County Chamber of Commerce
- Newton Chamber of Commerce
- Hampton Rotary Club
- Karen Ann Quinlan Center of Hope Hospice:
- The Board of Governors
- The Strategic Planning Board
- The Nominating Board
- Sussex County YMCA: The Strategic Planning Board
