Christopher Trappe

Christopher Trappe

( New Jersey,  )

Public Strategies Impact LLC

Introduction

A wealth of knowledge in government policies, procedures and procurements. A background in both administrative and legislative operations. A focus on business development opportunities for clients who wish to support State and Local government in New Jersey.

Achievements  Client List  Number of Years as a Lobbyist  Relationships  Biography 
Achievements

Successful design and implementation of a modernized tax processing system for New Jersey.

Established partnerships with vendor community for handling and preparing 1.6 million paper
tax returns.

Developed a modernized data entry platform for tax and remittance processing.

Created a full disaster recovery and business continuity system for Treasury operations.

Deployed a fully functional e-procurement system for New Jersey.

Contracted the State's institutional footprint saving millions of dollars annually.

Clients

1) ACENDA INTERGRATED HEALTH

2) ADP Total Source

3) ADT LLC dba Security Services

4) ADVOCARE, LLC

5) AIA NJ

6) Allied Beverage Group LLC

7) American Academy of Pediatrics, NJ Chapter

8) American Society of Landscape Architects NJ Chapter

9) Apple Inc

10) ArtPride NJ

11) Associated Builders & Contractors Inc

12) ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER DEBT

13) Association of Independent Cemeteries

14) Association of New Jersey Recyclers (ANJR)

15) Bamboo Health

16) Bard College

17) Bayonne Energy Center

18) BID4ASSETS Inc

19) Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority

20) BRIGHTSTAR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (name change from International Game Technology)

21) Bulfinch Strategies Grp

22) C3 PRESENTS LLC

23) Caeasars Enterprises Services LLC

24) Capital Health Systems

25) Carvana

26) Cassidian Communications

27) Catholic Health & Human Services Corp

28) CEVG 310 JV, LLC

29) Chemours

30) Clear Ballot Group

31) Cliffside Park Borough

32) College Board

33) Community Food Bank of NJ

34) Count Basie Center for the Arts

35) County of Hudson

36) DCO Energy

37) Drug Free Schools Coalition Inc

38) Earle Asphalt Co

39) EISAI

40) Election Systems & Software LLC

41) Entertainment Software Association

42) EXPERIAN

43) Exxon Mobil Corp

44) Foodbank of South Jersey

45) Forward Financing

46) Fresenius Medical Care North America

47) Fulfill Monmouth and Ocean

48) GEN SCRIPT

49) GENCRIPT

50) George Harms Construction Co Inc

51) Gift of Life Donor Program

52) Greater NE Motorcoach Association

53) Green Thumb Industries

54) Hackensack Medical Ctr

55) Hackensack Univ Medical Center/Hackensack Meridian Health

56) Harris Blitzer Entertainment (formerly named Devils Entertainment)

57) HAYDEN AI TECHNOLOGIES INC

58) Hemophilia Association of NJ

59) HILCO HUDSON LLC

60) HILCO MERCER LLC

61) Home Care & Hospice Assocication of New Jersey

62) Hopewell Theater Inc

63) Hotel Association of New York City

64) I Have A Dream Foundation NJ

65) Indivior Inc

66) Interactive Communications International Inc

67) Interactive Communications International Inc.

68) International Union of Painters & Allied Trades District 21

69) IRON MOUNTAIN

70) Johnson Controls Inc. (formerly Tyco/Simplex Grinnell)

71) KALBAS INC. D/B/A UNBANK

72) KINDER MORGAN

73) Kooth Digital Health

74) Liife, Inc.

75) LSGT SERVICES LLC D/B/A COINHUB

76) Lyft Inc

77) MainStreet Advocates

78) Marriott International

79) Mercer Street Friends

80) Mid-Atlantic Association of Public Insurance Adjusters

81) Montclair Film

82) Montclair State University

83) National Strategies LLC

84) Netflix North America

85) New Jersey Cable Telecommunications Association

86) NEW JERSEY STATE SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS INC

87) NJ Academy of Ophthalmology

88) NJ Association of Realtors

89) NJ Cemetery Association

90) NJ Check Cashers Association

91) NJ Financial Service Centers Inc

92) NJ Land Title Association

93) NJ Occupational Therapists Association

94) NJ Pawnbrokers Association

95) NJ PURE

96) NJ Society of Municipal Engineers

97) NJ Society of Professional Engineers

98) NJ State Bar Association

99) NJ Tax Commissioners Association

100) NJ Travel Industry Association

101) NLYTEN CORP, dba GUIDE

102) Norfolk Southern Corp

103) North Central Jersey Association of REALTORS (NCJAR)

104) NORWESCAP

105) NY Football Giants/New Meadowlands Stadium Company LLC

106) NY Waterway

107) Oracle America Inc

108) ORCHARD THERAPEUTICS NORTH AMERICA

109) Otsuka

110) Outfront Media

111) Paper Mill Playhouse

112) Partnership for Maternal & Child Health of Northern NJ

113) Pawn USA Inc/ABC Money Loan Inc

114) Pfizer Inc

115) Plastics Industry Association

116) Plugout

117) PSE&G

118) Public Strategies Impact

119) Pyramid Healthcare Inc

120) Recovery Unplugged

121) Reworld

122) Saint Elizabeth University

123) SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY

124) Saint Peter's University Hospital

125) Service Now

126) Sheet Metal Contractors Association

127) SHI International Corp

128) SMI Systems & Methods

129) Sonara Health Inc.

130) Special Olympics of NJ

131) State Partners LLC/EMC

132) Stevens Institute of Technology

133) Stewart Agency/NJ Staffing Alliance The

134) Stockton University

135) Tandberg/Cisco Systems

136) Teva Pharmeceuticals

137) The Hampshire Companies

138) TOBACCO FREE KIDS

139) TRANSUNION

140) Tru-Green

141) United Airlines Inc

142) United Health Partners, Inc.

143) Utility & Transportation Contractors Association

144) Veolia Water New Jersey, Inc.

145) Verizon Wireless

146) VERTERARX HOLDINGS LLC

147) Vessell Technologies Inc.

148) VIA Transportation

149) Viacom Outdoor

150) VIRIBUS ONE, LLC

151) Virtua

152) Wachovia / Wells Fargo

153) Walgreen Co

154) WEB DuBOIS SCHOLARS INSTITUTE

155) William Paterson University

156) Winn Co

157) WOODS SYSTEM OF CARE, FORMERLY LEGACY TREATMENT SVCS INC

158) Xerox Corporation

159) Yonkers Contracting Co Inc

Number of Years as a Lobbyist

0-5 years

Relationships

Maintain professional relationships with critical policymakers and operational staff in various State departments such as Treasury, Human Services and the Office of Information Technology.

Biography

Christopher Trappe served in New Jersey State government for 34 years. Starting as a writer in Governor Tom Kean's Office of Constituent Relations, he moved on to run the New Jersey General Assembly's 34th Legislative District Office for seven years and later moved to the Department of the Treasury. Trappe's Treasury service includes a decade as Chief of Staff at the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, a seven-year stretch as head of the Division of Taxation's Management Services and six years as Program Manager for the Division of Purchase and Property's NJSTART procurement system

Trappe has developed an expertise in technology systems and procurement. While at Treasury, he played a key role in the modernization of the State's tax and remittance processing systems, infrastructure modernization, network upgrade and desktop support efficiency efforts. Trappe also shepherded the full activation of the State's e-procurement system, in use by all state agencies.

Additionally, Trappe was responsible for managing the Statewide debt collection program known as SOIL and the Statewide Motor Vehicle Surcharge program.

A graduate of Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, Trappe was inducted into Phi Alpha Theta National Honor Society for History and earned distinction completing the Henry Rutgers Honors program.

Last Updated: October 08, 2026