Stephen H. Shaw
COMMISSIONER DIRECTOR
Stephen H. Shaw is a lifelong resident of New Jersey and has lived in Morris County for more than five decades. He is serving his third term on the board and was previously commissioner director in 2021, as well as deputy director for 2024 and 2025.
Commissioner Shaw chairs the county’s Capital Budget and Facilities Review Committee, and is director of the County College of Morris (CCM) and the Morris County Vocational School of Technology Boards of School Estimate. He is also liaison to the Public Works department and alternate liaison the Office of Planning and Preservation, in addition to being a member of the Courthouse Construction Committee and 250th Anniversary (Semiquincentennial) Committee.
In 2023, Commissioner Shaw was appointed by his colleagues as Morris County's representative to the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA). He was elected third vice chair of the NJTPA Board of Trustees Executive Committee at the January 12, 2026 board meeting, after serving as secretary of the board since 2024.
Commissioner Shaw moved back to his hometown of Mountain Lakes 22 years ago and became active in public service, elected to the borough council for 12 years and selected by his peers as mayor for three of those years.
He was a member of the Mountain Lakes Planning Board for seven years and was named “Mountain Lakes Police Citizen of the Year” in 2012. He also served his community as a leader of the Vestry of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Mountain Lakes.
Commissioner Shaw was a member and Vice-Chair of the Morris County Open Space Trust Fund Committee, assisting in the preservation of the Giralda Farms Preserve at Loantaka Brook Reservation in Chatham Township with a $10 million Morris County Open Space grant.
Professionally, Commissioner Shaw owns and operates a small family contracting business and has been president of his local and state builder’s trade association.
He is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology; Newark College of Engineering, with a BS in Civil Engineering; and in 2006 was named their “Outstanding Alumnus.” In addition, he is a licensed New Jersey real estate agent, a licensed private pilot, is married and has two adult children and two grandchildren.