Virginia Bauer

Politician, Person

1956 –

43

Who is Virginia Bauer?

Virginia Samaras Bauer is an advocate for families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and a government leader in New Jersey. She currently is a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. She is a former New Jersey Secretary of Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism.

Her first husband, W. David Bauer, was a bond trader for Cantor Fitzgerald and was killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Bauer, a mother of three, became an advocate for 9/11 families, working to secure tax relief and other benefits from the federal government. Her advocacy work brought her into contact with New Jersey political leaders. A graduate of Rosemont College in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, Bauer is the daughter of Peter J. and Virginia K. Samaras. Bauer remarried in October 2007; her husband is Donald A. Steckroth, a widower and a judge in the United States Bankruptcy Court.

A former analyst for Merrill Lynch, Bauer was appointed New Jersey Lottery Director in 2003 by former Gov. James McGreevey.

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Born
1956
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Rosemont College

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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