Freeholder Louis A. Tedesco was elected in November 2001, and is serving his first term on the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

Tedesco, a former three-term Mayor and Councilman in Little Ferry, is a graduate of Bergen Community College.

As a freeholder, Tedesco is Chairman of the Parks & Public Works Committee, is liaison to the New Jersey State Legislature, the Community Action Program and the Solid Waste Advisory Council. He is a member of the Committees on Health & Human Services, Law & Public Safety, and Planning & Economic Development.
Freeholder Tedesco has a long-time commitment to community service. In Little Ferry, he is a member of the Little Ferry Planning Board, past member of the Little Ferry Volunteer Ambulance Corps Board of Governors. He is a former trustee for the Little Ferry Free Public Library, former Director of the Little Ferry Boys’ Club Twirlers, and a former member of the Bergen County Transportation Committee. Additionally, he is a member of the Bergen County Mayor’s Association Executive Board.

Tedesco served our country honorably as a member of the 104th Engineer Battalion of New Jersey Army National Guard.
Freeholder Tedesco is the father of three children, and is a parishioner of St. Margaret of Cortona R.C. Church in Little Ferry, and is a member of its Holy Name Society.