Montclair Township Municipal Building
205 Claremont Avenue
Second Floor
Montclair, NJ 07042

Phone: 973-509-4928
Fax: 973-746-3513
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Boards, Commissions, and Committees:

Board of School Estimate – Chair
Montclair Public Library – Trustee
Liaison to: Landlord-Tenant Advisory Committee, People with Disabilities Committee, Montclair Early Childhood Corp., Montclair Housing Commission, and the Human Services Council

Mayor Ed Remsen has been a results-oriented leader in Montclair for nearly two decades. He has been active in the areas of housing, economic development, planning, youth sports and recreation and fundraising for local groups. He served on the Township Council from 2000-2004 as the 2nd Ward Councilor and was elected Mayor in 2004.

Ed was a founder of the Montclair Economic Development Corp., the Township’s partner in improving our commercial districts and increasing ratables. As President and Board Chair, he was an active participant in the creation of the Town Center Master Plan, development of the Montclair VISA Card, formation of the Montclair Farmers Market, Downtown Saturday Night, and A Taste of Montclair. He served on the Planning Board for two years and is a long-time baseball and soccer coach.

During his six years on the Township Council he initiated or supported many projects including: creation of the Town Center Historic District, the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance, renovation of the town’s parks and playgrounds, development of a proposal to expand and upgrade the Clary Anderson Recreation Complex, formation of the Montclair Arts Council, and he was the author of the Council’s Strategic Plan. He has worked closely with merchants in the Watchung Plaza and Walnut Street areas.

Professionally, Ed has been involved for over 30 years in local government and non- profit work – he is currently Regional Vice President for Northern New Jersey for the American Heart Association where he supervises staff that coordinates AHA’s Heart Walks and special events; he held leadership position with Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations in New York and New Jersey. He ran a community development agency in NYC for a decade and did open housing and community organizing work for the NYC Human Rights Commission. He has a Bachelor’s in Urban Studies from Fordham University and a Masters in Public Administration from Baruch College/CUNY. Ed has completed the New Jersey Alternate Route program and hopes to be a High School Social Studies teacher in the future.

His wife of 27 years, Diane Wiley, is a Senior Vice President of Brown Brothers Harriman, a private bank; they have three children, all of whom attended Montclair’s public schools: Christopher, 24, Jennifer, 21, and Michael, almost 18. His family has lived in Montclair since 1987. Ed is originally from the Bronx and moved to Montclair from Brooklyn.