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Raymond W. Greaves was appointed to the NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors in March 2013. He is a labor leader, Bayonne's former Third Ward Council Member and a former Trustee on the Bayonne Board of Education. He serves as State Business Agent and Chairman of the New Jersey State Council of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Vice President to the New Jersey State AFL-CIO's Executive Board and an affiliate to the Essex West-Hudson Labor Council. His previous leadership positions with the union included Recording Secretary, Legislative Director, Treasurer/Executive Officer of Division 819 Transit Employees Credit Union and Shop Steward.

Ray received steward leadership and grievance procedure training at Rutgers University, and studied contract negotiations at the George Meany Labor College. In 2013, Greaves was named the Sicilian Citizens Club Man of the Year and became a Humanitarian Award recipient of the Simpson Baber Foundation for the Autistic. He has served several years as a committeeman for the Hudson County Democratic Organization.