Elected to represent Hopewell Township on the regional school board, James J. Wulf currently serves as chairperson of the Personnel Committee and is a member of the Negotiations Committee. He is the Board liaison to Bear Tavern Elementary School and the Special Education Parent Advisory group and is the Board delegate to the Mercer County School Boards Association.
Mr. Wulf has lived in Hopewell Valley since 2003. He grew up in nearby West Windsor Township, where he was active in the Boy Scouts of America organization. A former Eagle Scout, he spent more than 10 years as a scoutmaster and assistant scoutmaster of troops in Princeton, West Windsor and Hightstown. His community service includes volunteer work with the Manhattan-based inMotion, formerly known as Network for Women's Services, which provides free legal services to low-income women.
Mr. Wulf has worked in the information technology field for more than two decades. He currently is employed by a Philadelphia asset management firm as its manager of technology infrastructure. For several years prior, he was employed by Fortune 500 companies, including General Electric, Berkshire Hathaway and Arthur J. Gallagher. He has served in technology management in a variety of capacities, including head of CAD/CAM/CAE (computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing and computer-aided engineering) networking and systems, global head of infrastructure, as well as chief information officer. In these roles, he has managed large budgets and staffs. For his work in meeting the completion of the world's then-largest, most efficient co-generation power plant – on time and under budget – he was awarded the General Electric Management Award.
Mr. Wulf attended the New York State College of Engineering at Alfred University.
He and his wife, Rhona, have two daughters, Annalise and Jacquelene, who are students at Bear Tavern Elementary School.