From VM warehouse employee to Campaign Finance Director? Hmmm....

[kuozzman]

That's quite a promotion!
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Thursday, June 24, 1999
106th Congress, 1st Session

Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a true community leader, a visionary in the election process--Jerry Berger, the Suffolk County Republican Commissioner of Elections, who will be sorely missed upon his upcoming retirement.

Jerry Berger started at the Suffolk County Board of Elections on June 1, 1974 working on voting machines in the warehouse. Shortly thereafter, Jerry was appointed to the position of Campaign Finance Director. Since this was a new position, Jerry worked with the New York State Board of Elections and proceeded to co-author the first Campaign Finance Guide Book that was used throughout New York State. In 1978, he was appointed Deputy Commissioner, and in 1992 he was appointed Commissioner of Elections and was reappointed in 1994 and 1998.