ACDC Executive Committee

  • Chairman – Michael Suleiman, Galloway Twp.

  • Vice Chairwoman – Dr. Thelma Witherspoon, Hamilton Twp.

  • Secretary – Walead Abdrabouh, Galloway Twp.

  • Treasurer – Don "Butch" Burroughs, Absecon

  • Assistant Secretary - Melissa Goldsborough, Atlantic City

  • Deputy Treasurer - Brian Stein, Linwood

  • Sergeant-at-Arms – Creed Pogue (Estell Manor), Yolanda Cooper (Egg Harbor Twp.), & Nashir Sheikh (Atlantic City)

  • Ex officio trustees - Constance "Mandy" Days-Chapman, Sherry Elder, Anthony Angelozzi, Terri Baker, Lisa Bender

  • Solicitor – Colin Bell, Esq., Margate

About Chairman Suleiman

Michael Suleiman is a dedicated public servant who puts the needs of the community first. For six years, Suleiman worked as a trusted aide and advisor to the late State Senator Jim Whelan, crafting public policy that benefited New Jersey’s middle-class and seniors. He also helped residents cut through bureaucratic red tape in Trenton so they could get the help they needed more quickly. Currently, Suleiman works as the Manager of Government Relations at the South Jersey Transportation Authority. Suleiman was named one of our region’s “Top 40 Under 40” by Atlantic City Weekly. He was a member of the Stockton University Veterans Advisory Board and previously served on the Galloway Township Superintendent’s Advisory Team, acting as a liaison between the school district and the community at-large. 

Suleiman has been involved in the Democratic Party since he was a teenager, using his enthusiasm and people skills to rejuvenate the Democratic Party in Galloway Township and Atlantic County. He was elected county chair in 2016, becoming the youngest county chair of either political party in the state's history. Suleiman was re-elected in 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2024.

Suleiman graduated magna cum laude from Rutgers University and obtained a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government. He lives in Galloway Township.

About Vice Chair Witherspoon

Dr. Thelma Witherspoon is a native of Atlantic City, New Jersey and currently resides in Mays Landing. Thelma retired from the City of Atlantic City and the Atlantic City Police Department after 35 years of service. Thelma was a former President of the Atlantic City Board of Education. Under her leadership, ground was broken on two new elementary schools, New York Avenue School and Sovereign Avenue School, and renovations were started for the Uptown Complex, Chelsea Heights, and Martin Luther King Schools. Dr. Witherspoon formerly served as the 2nd Vice President of the Atlantic City Chapter of the NAACP. Dr. Witherspoon is a member of the Historical Preservation Commission for Hamilton Township, NJ. In 2022, she was elected to her first term on the Hamilton Township Committee. She is the Pastor of the Westminister Christian Worship Center in Atlantic City, NJ and is with the International Ministerial Fellowship of Jameson Evangelistic Association and a member of the Fellowship of Churches of Atlantic City and Vicinity. Dr. Thelma is a graduate of Jameson Bible School and the International Christian University earning a BA and MA in Biblical Theology. She received her Doctor of Divinity by CICA International University. Dr. Witherspoon graduated from LEAD Act in 2016 and was an honoree for the Atlantic City Hometown Heros in 2017. Thelma is also a radio host on two time Stella Award WEHA Gospel 88.7 and 100.3 FM every Saturday morning from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, “In The Community with Dr. Thelma Witherspoon." She was first elected Vice Chairwoman of the Atlantic County Democratic Committee in 2022.