Committee Members

Leila GilmoreMayor - Leila Gilmore
Office Phone: (609) 267-2730 Ext. 102
Term Expires: 12/31/2025


Leila Gilmore is a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Willingboro and has resided in Hainesport since 2003. Leila has been a comptroller, bookkeeper, office manager and business partner. After working with her husband for 21 years in Collingswood, they decided to sell the company and retire to upstate New York. Upon retiring from dairy farming, they moved back to New Jersey to be close to friends and their son Brian and his family, who reside in Lumberton. For the past 16 years, Leila has been an elected member of the Board of Trustees and serves as Treasurer for the Homeowners Association where she resides.

In 2016, Leila ran for Hainesport Township Committee and subsequently elected and re-elected. During this time, she became very involved with various committees. Leila presently serves on the Joint Land Use Board, Environmental Commission, Senior Citizens Club, Economic Development Committee, Recreation Commission, Mayors Wellness Campaign and 100th Year Anniversary Committee.

Leila continues to work with residents and professionals to create and present innovative wellness initiatives for Hainesport residents of all ages. The Mayors Wellness Campaign is part of a statewide partnership with the NJ Healthcare Quality Institute and the NJ League of Municipalities. The goal of this campaign is to increase opportunities for residents of all ages to participate in education and physical activity with the long term goal of improving health. The kickoff was a walk with the Mayor in the Township Municipal Park and she resume monthly Mayor's Walks throughout the township Spring, 2024. The township website has expanded to include a "Pledge" for the residents to take to participate, articles on health and wellness, a list of events and upcoming seminars. 


Ted Costa pictureDeputy Mayor - Ken Montgomery
Office Phone: (609) 267-2730 Ext. 102
Term Expires: 12/31/2026

 

Prior to being elected to the Hainesport Township Committee, Ken Montgomery has served Hainesport Township in several capacities since he moved here in 1996 with his wife, Mela. Before moving here, however, Montgomery served as president of a homeowner’s association, a lay reader for his church and was the defensive coordinator and coach for a youth football team in Haddonfield. Once moving to Hainesport, Ken coached soccer for over 12 years. He was a year-round coach for several teams for the Hainesport Soccer Club.  This was for both the co-ed recreation program and the girls travel program. He also served as the club’s liaison to the league. All of the players he has coached over the years are now adults.

Later, Ken became a trustee of the Hainesport Education Foundation and eventually became its vice president. Over the years, he enjoyed helping to provide technological advances and other benefits to the Hainesport School District.  This was especially rewarding as his four daughters, Mekayla, Mekenzie, Mekenna and Mekelsey attended kindergarten through 8th grade at the wonderful Hainesport School. They then went on to graduate from Rancocas Valley Regional High School before attending college.

Ken has also served our community as a director and the vice chair of the Rancocas Valley Education Foundation. Furthermore, he assisted the RV Girls Lacrosse Club as a team statistician and timekeeper and was an active booster for both the Girls soccer and lacrosse programs at our High School.

A graduate of John F. Kennedy Senior High School in Willingboro, NJ, Ken held the rare distinction of serving as both the president of the National Honor Society and the captain of the football team.  He went on to play football at Gettysburg College where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and was further awarded for his leadership capabilities.

Ken is a firm believer in the servant leadership model and remains active in his church and has served in various leadership, serving, teaching and director roles over the years. In the past, he has also served on the boards of other not-for-profit organizations as a director, treasurer and president.

Professionally, for over 20 years, Ken has been employed by large consulting firms in the professional services industry. He has worked with accounting, finance and technology executives in a variety of industries.

Ken is proud to be serving Hainesport - his home for over 20 years. He looks forward to continue working together with the committee, staff, professionals and its citizens to make the gem - that is Hainesport - shine even brighter.
 

gerard claussCommitteman - Gerard Clauss
Office Phone: (609) 267-2730 Ext. 102
Term Expires: 12/31/2024



Gerard (Gerry) Clauss, is a graduate of Hainesport Middle School and Rancocas Valley Regional High School. He has resided in Hainesport for over 40 years with his wife Linda, and raised his two children, Alex and Katie, here. Gerry attended various schools and trainings and has secured a NJ Electrical Contractors License, Qualified Journeyman Electrician License, Delaware Master Electrical Contractor License, NJ Master HVACR Contractor License, a State Refrigeration Blue Seal Engineer License and a Black Seal Boiler License. Recently, Gerry retired from a career as District Electrician for the Lenape Regional High School District. He now runs two businesses, one for electrical contracting and one for scoreboard repairs, which has grown to service the tri-state area. Gerry also worked as an Electrical Trades Instructor at the Burlington Country Institute of Technology from 1990 to 2014.

Gerry served on the Hainesport School Board for 9 years, from 1997 to 2005. During that time, he also served on the Burlington County School Board Association and the New Jersey School Board Association.

In addition to his work, Gerry is very active in his church community and is very involved in his work with The NASCAR Foundation. He has been involved with the foundation since 2006 and is now a Regional Leader.
 

Bruce MacLachlanCommitteewoman - Anna Evans
Office Phone: (609) 267-2730, Ext. 102
Term Expires: 12/31/2025
 

Anna has lived in Hainesport, New Jersey, with her husband, for twenty-three years, ever since leaving England. Their daughters, Becky and Lorna, both went to Hainesport School K through 8th grade, then on to Rancocas Valley Regional High School, and later Penn State University.

In 2008 she graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College, VT, adding to the Masters of Chemical Engineering she obtained as a young woman in London. She is currently the Vice-President of the Import Consultancy business her husband began in 2010, Global Bridge LLC, based in Hainesport. In addition, she teaches English at Rowan College at Burlington County, as an Adjunct, and poetry at West Windsor Art Center. She is also a published poet and translator, whose books include Under Dark Waters (Able Muse Press, 2018), Sisters & Courtesans (White Violet Press, 2014) and The Selected Poems of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (Barefoot Muse Press, 2013).

Anna served four years on the Burlington County Women's Advisory Board, and a three year term on the Board of Education for BCIT and BCSSSD. She is honored to have been elected to a three-year term serving the residents of Hainesport, and is looking forward to working toward completing the Sustainable Jersey Municipal Certification process for the township.

A keen fitness enthusiast, she can regularly be found taking classes at Orange Theory in Moorestown, or walking her miniature schnauzer, Piper, around Hainesport's District 3.

 

Leila GilmoreCommitteewoman - Karen Tordy 
Office Phone: 609-267-2730, Ext.102
Term Expires: 12/31/2026

 


Karen has lived in Hainesport with her husband Joe for 27 years where they have raised their 2 children, Joseph and Hillary.  Joseph now resides in Hainesport with his wife Kathleen and their 4 children while her daughter Hillary resides in Falls Church, VA.   

She was born and raised in western Pennsylvania and attended the University of Pittsburgh.  She earned a Master of Public Administration Degree after achieving a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science.  Karen worked as a Court Investigator in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.

She has served on the Burlington County Board of Social Services.  She is a member of Hainesport’s 100th Anniversary Committee and is co-chair of the Tea and Fashion show.  She has also worked as a Hainesport Board of Elections Poll Worker for several years. 

Karen and family have loyally supported the many Hainesport activities for dozens of years.  These have included Tree Lightings, Easter Egg Hunts, Hainesport Days, Lighting of the Christmas Tree, Luminary Nights and rebuilding of the Playground at the Municipal Complex.

She is a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church serving many ministries such as:  Lector, Eucharistic Minister and 2nd Grade Religious Education Teacher.

She absolutely loves living in Hainesport and is incredibly honored to have been selected as a member of Hainesport Township’s Committee.  She is a liaison to the Joint Land Use Board, Recreation Commission and Public Safety Committee.  She looks forward to serving you and our beautiful, vibrant and affordable community that we call home.