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Former Councilwoman

Katherine Bennin

Katherine and her husband Rohit moved to Maywood 7 years ago looking for a family-oriented small-town to call home. ​They were married in their Grant Avenue home and today are the proud parents of daughter Arya, 3 and son Aadi, 1. 

She is the President of the Maywood Rotary Club, Municipal Chair of the Maywood Democratic County Committee, and a ​member of both the Recreation Committee and the Maywood Democratic Club. Working alongside her fellow Rotarians, ​she fed first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic and runs numerous food drives every year. She and Rotary past ​President Doug Herrick brought back the Maywood 5K, which has raised over $18K for community organizations such as ​STARTII Animal Shelter and The Food Brigade. 

After beginning her professional life in business, Katherine then became a social studies teacher at Glen Rock High ​School for 15 years. As a member of the Glen Rock Education Association she served as union rep for her colleagues and ​was part of the negotiations team for two contracts. Today she is the owner of Bennin and Gupta Construction. Katherine ​holds a B.A. in Political Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University; an M.A. in Public Policy and International Affairs at ​William Paterson University which included graduate work at Cambridge University, St. Edmunds College, UK; an ​Educational Supervisor Certification from Montclair University; and is currently working towards her Principal and ​School Business Administrator Certifications. 

During Katherine’s first term on Maywood Council, from 2019-2021, she was liaison to the Board of Health and the DPW ​and was chosen by her colleagues to be Council President. As a member of the finance committee, she worked to deliver ​a ZERO % municipal tax increase for two years and a municipal tax REDUCTION in 2020 in order to help residents during ​the difficult pandemic economy. 

While on council and Chair of the personnel committee, she worked with her colleagues to negotiate a fiscally ​responsible police contract that supports the officers who keep us safe while reducing expensive terminal payouts; ​instituted a professional development policy for our borough staff; and conducted a long overdue salary review and ​adjustment to fairly support borough employees. Committed to a greener Maywood, Katherine also worked on several ​sustainability initiatives including purchasing hybrid police vehicles; upgrading lighting and HVAC systems in municipal ​buildings; and launching the Trex soft-plastic recycling program which earns the borough free park benches. 

Katherine and her family love walking across the street to Memorial Park or uptown to get ice cream on a hot summer ​day. When she and Rohit get a chance for “date-day,” they continue their quest to find the best ramen in New Jersey.  ​Katherine is running to return to the borough council in order to continue her work to preserve and build on the qualities ​that make Maywood the best little small town around including our walkable and vibrant downtown and our multi-​generational community programming.

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Born and raised in neighboring Paramus NJ, Doug and his wife Bina Dugan moved to Maywood ten ​years ago. Doug is the proud father of three, grandfather to Nash and Hailee and dog dad to his ​Shepherd Husky mix Cooper, all of whom keep him on his toes.  Doug is a Certified Residential Real ​Estate Appraiser and owner of The Herrick Group, LLC. He holds an A.A.S in Culinary Arts from ​Atlantic Cape Community College and is a graduate of the Bergen Volunteers leadership ​development program, BergenLEADS. 

Doug is a member and Past President of the Maywood Democratic Club, the Executive Secretary and ​Past President of the Maywood Rotary Club, and Treasurer of the Maywood Democratic County ​Committee. He is a member of the Planning Board and the Maywood 4th of July Parade Committee ​and was previously a member of the Green Team. He has served as the Race Director for the ​Maywood 5k for the past two years after working on the committee that brought back the popular ​community event after a long hiatus. Doug is Secretary of the Food Brigade Board of Trustees and is ​a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow. 

During Doug’s previous term on the Maywood Council from 2020-2021, he chaired the Public Safety ​Committee and then the Public Works Committee and was a member of the Community Affairs, ​Personnel,  and Finance committees. He was liaison to the MYAA, July 4th Parade committee, ​Insurance and Safety committee, the Special Improvement District, and Tannac. He created the ​resolution establishing the Volunteer Advisory Board as a member of council and later served as its ​Chairman.

A former Chef, he worked in the food service industry for over 20 years in gourmet and corporate ​catering. Doug was the Foodservice Director for the Bergen County Community Action Program ​where he ran the kitchen in the homeless shelter in Hackensack, the Bergen County Head Start ​feeding program and the SPICE Culinary training program. Doug continues to put his culinary skills ​to use through numerous Rotary events from fundraising to feeding people at the County shelter ​and raising money and food for local pantries.

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