Ronald Jubin Sworn in for New term
By Mayor Keith S. Balla
At the 2020 General Election, voters of the Borough re-elected Ronald Jubin to serve as Council Member for the next 3 years. Dr. Jubin is a 26-year resident of the town of Watchung and was originally appointed to serve as Council Member in December 2019. He is married to Karen and they are the parents of three children: Cheyne (23), Pierce (21) and Emma (13) with all children having attended Watchung borough schools. He has remained active in local community service volunteering in Bayberry school on science days and as a coach in little league baseball and basketball. He is a past member of the Watchung Board of Health since 2011, with prior roles as the Board Vice President as well as the borough representative to the Middlebrook Regional Health commission. Born in Plainfield, NJ and attended Union County College (A.A., Biology), Kean University (B.A., Biology), Seton Hall University (M.S., Microbiology) and Rutgers Medical School (Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics). Ron is quite passionate about health and wellness having dedicated his professional career to pharmaceutical sciences including important contributions to the successful development of lifesaving antiviral drug therapies. Currently he is Research Vice President at Prolong Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage NJ Biotech organization. In his free time, Ron enjoys nature hiking with his family, gardening and is a life-long tropical fish hobbyist.
