Monroe Mayor Greg Wolfe (third from left) is sworn in as president of the Gloucester County Mayors’ Association on Dec. 17. There are 24 mayors in the county.
Monroe Township Greg Wolfe will lead the Gloucester County Mayors Association (GCMA) in 2026.
On Dec. 17, he was sworn in as president taking over the reins from Mayor Carolyn King-Sammons of Elk Township. Gloucester County has 24 mayors.
“It will be an honor and a privilege to serve the Gloucester County Mayors Association throughout 2026, and I look forward to working with all the Mayors throughout Gloucester County,” Wolfe said thanking King-Sammons on her “dedicated service and leadership throughout 2025.”
The Gloucester County Mayors Association is a non-profit, bi-partisan association.
“[It] provides an opportunity for all mayors of Gloucester County to meet regularly, collaborate and discuss not only issues, topics and concerns we each see in our own municipalities but also the positive things we have going on in our municipalities,” Wolfe explained.
“The meetings are also open to former mayors, and some attend regularly, which brings even more perspectives, experience and knowledge to our meetings.”
The collaboration and the discussions provide different perspectives from all experienced leaders throughout Gloucester County.
“The meetings also provide an opportunity to put our political affiliations aside and discuss real and current issues that impact Gloucester County as a whole, such as, the energy crisis we are facing,” Wolfe said.
In 2025, the GCMA authored a letter of concern to the NJ Board of Public Utilities regarding the significant increases in electricity costs in Gloucester County. The letter was endorsed unanimously by all mayors regardless of party affiliation.
“It displayed that no matter what party affiliation you are, you can still come together and work together for the common good,” Wolfe said.
The Board is staggered, and is rotated each year. The board in 2026 includes:
- Greg Wolfe – President, a Democrat
- James Philbin – Vice President, a Republican of East Greenwich
- Natalie Matthias – 2nd Vice President, a Democrat of Woolwich
- Michael Razze – Treasurer, a Republican of Pitman
- Mike Koestler – Secretary, a former mayor of Harrison.
“We typically have monthly meetings that each mayor has an opportunity to host at a location within their municipality, to somewhat showcase a piece of their community to all the other mayors,” Wolfe explained, adding most meetings are themed, such as, “bring your Fire Chief, Police Chief, Municipal Clerk, Public Works Superintendent.”
“Our organization and executive Board will look to continue the collaboration and discussions but also gear towards some more community service, such as Heart Health in February, Cancer Awareness in October, Toys for Tots drive in December and much more
“We will also continue to have a joint meeting with the Camden County Mayors Association this coming year, which was initiated in 2024 by Former President Mayor Bob Zimmerman of Mantua.”
Wolfe was elected as mayor of Monroe Township in 2022 and was sworn into office on Jan 2, 2023.
Since he became mayor, Wolfe and his team have hit the ground running with a number of projects.
“This new administration has the philosophy of being proactive and getting ahead on many things,” Wolfe said last year. “Our goal is to continually update and properly maintain our investments to reduce costs in the future and ultimately save our taxpayers money.”
As mayor, some of his top priorities are controlling taxes while increasing services, by not only attracting new business, but also working with current business, to ensure they are successful and remain open in Monroe Township, as well as creating new revenue sources, according to the township website. In addition, Wolfe’s top priorities are public safety and recreation throughout Monroe Township, for all residents.
Wolfe was elected to the Monroe Township Council in 2018 and served from January of 2019 to December of 2022. During his term on Monroe Township Council, Wolfe served as ordinance chair, vice president of council and president of council. He also served as chairman of the Public Safety Committee, chairman of the Budget Committee, and remained active in the community and Parks and Recreation as he served as council liaison for Monroe Township Parks and Recreation and council liaison for the Sports Advisory Board.
He was born and raised in the Williamstown section of Monroe Township. After graduating from Williamstown High School, he entered the Camden County Police Academy in January of 1992 and began his career in law enforcement as a patrolman with the Delaware River Port Authority Police Department in Camden, New Jersey.
In April of 1998, Wolfe had an opportunity to work in his hometown of Monroe Township and accepted a position as a patrolman with the Monroe Township Police Department.
He immediately became an original member of the Monroe Township Entry Team, responsible for executing High Risk Search Warrants. He was also assigned as a Field Training Officer, mentoring and coaching young officers. Wolfe was soon assigned to the Gloucester County Emergency Response Team (ERT) and ultimately responded to New York City on September 11, 2001, for the attack against the United States of America (9-11). He was promoted and became a detective and served as the department’s Bias Crimes Officer, Firearms Officer, Juvenile Officer, and the Meghan’s Law/ Parks and Recreation Volunteer Officer. Wolfe spearheaded the implementation of background checks for Monroe Township Parks and Recreation volunteers, to ensure the children participating in programs were safe, while doing so.
He was promoted to detective sergeant and ultimately retired from the Monroe Township Police Department in 2017.
In 2003, Wolfe recognized a need for the youth of Monroe Township, and he founded and served as president for the Monroe Township Youth Football and Cheerleading Program from 2003-2014, which he created to provide the youth of Monroe Township a safe environment to learn and play the sports of football and cheerleading.
Wolfe has dedicated his life to community activism. Through being a police officer, he believes in transparency, community involvement and proper training, and through dedicating his life to the youth in the township he believes in providing a safe environment for all children to participate in sports, while simply having fun.
