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Jersey City Economic Development Corporation could name former councilman CEO
Published: Tuesday, December 07, 2010, 3:35 PM Updated: Tuesday, December 07, 2010, 3:36 PM
- Melissa Hayes/The Jersey Journal


The Jersey City Economic Development Corporation's Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote on a resolution today that would name former City Councilman Steve Lipski the agency?s chief executive officer.

If approved, Lipski would replace Gene Nelson who retired in mid-November.
Lipski most recently served as the chief school administrator of CREATE Charter School in Jersey City, which closed in June after the state refused to renew its charter.
He served as a Jersey City councilman from July 2001 through June 2009, representing Ward C.
While serving on City Council he also sat on the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency and Planning Board.
Lipski holds two masters degrees from Seton Hall University, one in English literature and one in secondary education. He also has 114 credits as a doctoral candidate in education administration at Teachers College at Columbia University.
He took and passed the state real estate sales exam in October and is licensed by the State Real Estate Commission.
Lipski could not immediately be reached for comment.
The state closed CREATE after citing poor student performance, failure to complete state-mandated reports, high staff turnover and failure to provide a structured learning environment, among other things.
Lipski fought the allegations and noted that several other area schools performed worse on state tests than CREATE students, but then Commissioner of Education Bret Schundler said the students were still not performing at proficient levels, when denying Lipski?s appeal.
CREATE opened as a high school on Lembeck Avenue with a four-year charter in 2001 and was renewed for five years July 1, 2005.
Last year, the state Department of Education allowed the school to add a middle school component.