Lois A. Cuccinello

Who is Lois A. Cuccinello?

Lois A. Cuccinello has served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 1997, winning re-election in 2000 and 2003. In January 1999 she was selected to serve as Freeholder Director, making Freeholder Cuccinello the first woman to hold that position in four decades.

A Passaic County native, the Paterson-born Freeholder graduated from Public School 18. Her family moved to the Borough of Hawthorne where she graduated from Hawthorne High School. She received her Bachelor’s degree from William Paterson College and in 1984, graduated from Cornell University with her Master’s Degree in Labor Relations.

Cuccinello married Don Polizzi in 1987, and they make their home in Hawthorne. She served the community of Hawthorne as its 4th Ward Councilwoman from 1994-2003.

Freeholder Cuccinello has been actively employed in the labor movement for most of her professional career. She is a Union Representative, who specializes in contract negotiation and administration, for AFL-CIO unions such as the United Auto Workers, OPEIU, and currently the Health Professionals and Allied Employees.