Dr. Edward H. Salmon
Fairfield Township, NJ and Ocean City, NJ
Tabernacle Board of Trustees: 1979-Present
Past Chairman of the Board: 2000-2002
Edward H. Salmon is Founder and Chairman of Salmon Ventures,
Ltd., a national firm providing professional consulting to utilities, industry,
government, and education with expertise in the water, energy, and communication
industries. He serves as President of the National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners. His previous professional experience includes positions
with the Governor’s Cabinet, President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities,
Assemblyman, Cumberland County Freeholder Director, Millville Mayor, President/CEO
of AUS Consultants, and Vice Chairman of AUS, Inc.
Dr. Salmon earned his liberal arts degree from Gettysburg
College, his master’s degree from Rowan University, and his doctoral degree from
the University of Delaware. After college, he was a health and physical education
teacher in the Millville Public Schools, where Coach Salmon was twice named New
Jersey Basketball Coach of the Year and has been entered into the South Jersey
Coaches Hall of Fame.
Ed has served on the Corporate Boards of Sun National Bank,
American Water Works, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ’s
School of Osteopathic Medicine. He has served in various capacities for civic
organizations including, the Boy Scouts, Masonic Club, Enrichment Center for
the Blind, United Fund, March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, and American
Heart Association.
Among his many honors include South Jersey’s Outstanding
Citizen of the Year for three years, Six Recognitions as Legislator of the Year,
Mayor Emeritus Award from NJ Conference of Mayors, NJ Utilities Association
Distinguished Service Award, NJ Jaycees Outstanding Young Man of the Year,
and Southern NJ Boy Scout Council’s Citizen of the Year.
Mr. Salmon and his wife, Marilyn Lurae Groninger Salmon have
been married 43 years and first attended the Tabernacle in 1965. They have two
children and seven grandchildren.
