David L. Ganz
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David L. Ganz (b. New York, New York, 1951) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served on the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 2003 and was Freeholder vice-chairman through the 2006 term. A lawyer, author and speaker now in his second three-year term, he also served seven consecutive one-year terms as the 29th Mayor of the Borough of Fair Lawn, New Jersey (the 4th largest municipality in Bergen County). Ganz was not re-elected in 2005 to the Fair Lawn Borough Council.
A graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (Class of 1973), he took a law degree at St. John's University School of Law and did post-graduate legal studies in the masters of law program at New York University. He also studied international law at Temple University School of Law in Rome, Italy, while working for the coins and medals office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He consulted with FAO in Rome for more than 20 years, attached to both their legal office and their money and medals office. In 1994, he was awarded the Order of St. Agatha (Commander) by the Republic of San Marino.[1]
Ganz has been asked to testify before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and other subcommittees of the House Banking committee on more than a dozen occasions since 1974, and has an active legal practice. He participated in the Senate Banking Committee’s discussion on coin designs in September, 2001.
His accomplishments are listed in Who's Who of American Law, and other Who's Who publications, including the Millennium edition of Who’s Who in America.[2]
