A’Dorian Murray-Thomas of Newark was elected to her first term as District 2 Commissioner in November of 2023, and is the youngest serving member of the Board.

Commissioner Murray-Thomas is the Founder & CEO of SHE Wins Inc., a leadership and mentoring organization for girls who, like her, lost a loved one to gun violence. Born and raised in the city of Newark, Commissioner Murray-Thomas was the youngest woman ever elected to the Newark Board of Education, representing the largest school district in the state of New Jersey.

Commissioner Murray-Thomas has been recognized as a President Obama White House Champion of Change, Glamour Magazine “College Woman of the Year”, NAACP NextGen Leadership Fellow, InsiderNJ Top Millennial Leader, and School Board Partners Anti-Racist Education Policy Fellow. She currently serves as the Chair of the New Jersey State Democrats Women’s Caucus.

Commissioner Murray-Thomas has also served as an Associate Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, a translator for Spanish-speaking families, a middle & high school English teacher, and an advocate in alternative-education and restorative justice. She is a 2016 graduate of Swarthmore College, received her Master of Divinity concentrating in Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in 2025, and is currently working towards an advanced Master's degree at Princeton University.”