Dr. M. Ali Chaudry, Ph. D.

I grew up in Pakistan, graduated from the London School of Economics with honors in Economics and Econometrics in 1967 and earned a Ph. D. in Economics from Tufts University (1972). I worked at AT&T from 1968 to 1998 in the Strategic Planning and CFO organizations where I had extensive experience in financial management and business case evaluation. I served as CFO of the Public Relations Division for five years. I have published several articles and chapters in books on budgeting and productivity analysis.

Currently, I am a Lecturer in the Division of Continuing Studies at Rutgers University. Until June 2007, I was Director of the Rutgers Business Center.  Throughout my working career at AT&T, I taught economics and business courses at Rutgers, Fairleigh Dickinson and the New School. I served as Director of the MBA Program at Seton Hall University during 1998-1999.

In 1999, I founded Citechs, a web development company.

I was elected to the Bernards Township Board of Education (1990 to 1995) in Basking Ridge, New Jersey and led a successful effort during 1996-1997 to build the Bernards Township Community Center. I was elected to the Bernards Township Committee with in 2001 and have been re-elected to my second three-year term (2005-2007). I served as Deputy Mayor in 2003 and as Mayor of Bernards Township in 2004, becoming the first Pakistani born Mayor in America.

I am a member of the Board of Directors of Somerset County Cultural Diversity Coalition and chair its Interfaith Outreach Committee. I am a graduate of the Leadership Somerset class of 2002 of Leadership New Jersey class of 2003. I serve on boards of many non-profit organizations, including  the Somerset Hills YMCA in Basking Ridge, NJ. I am co-founder and President of the Center for Understanding Islam (www.cuii.org) and the Islamic Center of Basking Ridge (www.icbri.org).

My wife Victoria Shahnaz and I have three children and three grandchildren.