About Rosalee

Rosalee is born and raised in NJ and has been a Democrat since she was 18 years old. Her parents were hardworking and at 7 years old, she “helped” out at her father’s laundromat in Hoboken, folding laundry on Saturdays and during the summers. Because her father and grandmother were Holocaust survivors, she had always been taught to give back to the community as well as the importance of family. She attended public schools and paid her own way at Rutgers University, where she earned a BA in Economics and Education.

Upon graduation, she worked in NYC’s Wall St area for an insurance company and stayed in the financial sector for most of her career. Rosalee was in the World Trade Center seconds after the first plane hit the north tower, coming off from the last PATH train to enter the WTC station. Coming to terms with 9/11, she retired early from her work as an Information Officer for a multi-national company so she could do something more meaningful with her life.

Rosalee has dedicated her “retirement” career to protecting women’s rights globally. She currently stands at the forefront of the fight against human trafficking as the United Nations Observer for PACT by ECPAT-USA. Her focus is on ending human trafficking by bankrupting its illicit profiteering and ending demand. As she previously served as Chief Observer to the United Nations for the League of Women Voters of the United States, she also works on increasing women’s leadership and participation in democratic political processes, human rights, and preventing violence against all women and girls. Driven by her commitment to preventing human trafficking, she serves as President of the NGO Committee to Stop Human Trafficking in Persons, Inc. and is a member of both the New Jersey Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Task Force and its Business/Regulatory Agencies subcommittee. She also serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, in Bergen County.

On a personal level, Rosalee has 2 grown children from a previous marriage. She graduated from NYU with a MBA in Finance while working full time and raising the 2 children (then ages two and three) as a single Mom. In her next to the last semester, she met her husband of 42 years, Doug! Together, they continued to raise her 2 children and a new daughter. All 3 children are now grown and with families of their own. Rosalee and Doug are blessed with 6 grandchildren, that they absolutely adore!