About AMG
Seasoned Government and Political Influencers
AJ Sabath is the co-founder of AMG and has spent more than 20 years working in government and politics in New Jersey. He has held prominent positions in state government and is a veteran of many local, statewide and congressional political campaigns.
During his time in New Jersey, he has cultivated strong relationships with many key government decision makers. He is a three-time member of the Politics NJ power list of New Jersey’s 100 most politically influential personalities. AJ has served as the Chief of Staff to the Senate President, Commissioner of the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and he has held several senior staff positions in the General Assembly and State Senate.
Since 2000, AJ has participated in a number of important political campaigns. He served as the New Jersey State Co-Director for the Kerry-Edwards Presidential Campaign, ran the New Jersey Senate Democratic Campaigns in 2003 and 2007, and was the statewide Field Director for the election campaign of U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg.
He previously served as a political organizer for U.S. Senator Jon Corzine, Congressmen Rush Holt, Steve Rothman and Bill Pascrell, and many other legislative and local Democratic candidates.
Prior to his service in state government, AJ worked as Public Affairs Director for the MWW Group, as a Field Representative for the National Democratic Institute in Baku, Azerbaijan, and as an Organizer for the New Jersey Tenants Organization. While at MWW, AJ represented the World Sikh Council, the Constitutional Monarchy Movement of Iraq and the Puerto Rico Statehood Movement.
AJ received his bachelor’s degree in social work from Ramapo College of New Jersey. He currently is a member of the Board of Trustees for Ramapo College of New Jersey and a board member of the New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities.
Lynn Haynes joined AMG in 2014 as a partner after establishing an extensive background in state government in New Jersey over the past 20 years. Lynn most recently served as Governor Phil Murphy’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Cabinet Affairs & Operations. In 2010 she served as the Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel for Senate President Stephen Sweeney and the Senate Majority Office, and previous to that spent six years in various capacities in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development including Assistant Commissioner of Income Security.
From 2000 to 2004, Lynn served as a Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General in the Personnel, Labor and Community Affairs section, and in the EEO Unit. She also served as a Superior Court Law Clerk to the Honorable Conrad Koch, JSC.
Prior to her government service, Lynn was an Assistant Vice President and Trust Officer for the Merrill Lynch Trust Company in Somerset, NJ, and a Client Relationship Manager/Staff Attorney with CMS Companies, a financial and investment services firm in Philadelphia, PA. Lynn received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned her law degree at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, MN. She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar.
Andrew Park serves as Director of Government Affairs at AMG. Most recently, he worked as a project manager at The Aubrey Group, a compliance firm, where he managed a team of professionals who helped clients obtain licensure and navigate the complex regulatory environment of the newly created personal-use cannabis industry. Before that, he served as a Constituent Advocate in the office of Assemblyman Bill Spearman, working directly with constituents to provide crucial governmental services.
Andrew graduated with a bachelor’s in political science from Rowan University in 2023 with honors and is a Jamie Fox Memorial Scholarship recipient. During his time at Rowan, he worked on various political campaigns including the 2021 Gubernatorial re-election campaign of Governor Phil Murphy, and worked as an intern for Hoboken Strategy Group, a lobbying firm based in Trenton New Jersey. Additionally served as SGA Senator for the Rowan College Democrats and was a senior member of the Rowan Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship.
He currently resides in Audubon, New Jersey with his partner Charli, and their dog, Jasmine.
Benedetto Graziano has been in politics for nearly 20 years. Ben began his career in the district office of U.S. Representative Robert E. Andrews, where he handled constituent and veterans’ issues.
In 2009, Mr. Graziano began working as the director of Legislative Affairs for then-Assemblyman Jack Conners and now US Congressman Herb Conaway, M.D. Mr. Graziano Then joined the New Jersey Assembly Majority Office in January of 2012 as a policy analyst. Over his seven years in the AMO Mr. Graziano staffed several important Assembly committees including Commerce and Economic Development and Telecommunications and Utilities. Be helped to craft many major legislative initiatives.
For the last Six years, Ben was Policy Director for Chemistry Council of New Jersey and Lobbyist with State Street Associates. Advocating for balanced legislation and regulation concerning the State’s business and industry sectors. Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Mount Saint Mary’s University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Rutgers University in Camden. He was awarded the State of NJ Commendation Medal, from Governor Chirs Christie, for his service assisting New Jersey’s National Guard and Veteran community.
Rachel Holland works exclusively on the Association Management side of AMG serving as the Deputy Executive Director of the Vascular Society of NJ and the Orthopaedic Society of NJ. She has been a part of the AMG team since 2014 and has served several roles during her tenure including finance and membership director for a number of our clients and deputy executive director.
Cecilia Kovach joined AMG in 2017 and serves as AMG’s Office Manager and Bookkeeper.
After graduating from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, Cecilia worked for Olsten Staffing Services and eventually spent many years working at AT&T as a Partnership Manager. There she was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the on-site staffing organization that filled temporary staffing positions across the USA (from the East Coast to Hawaii) and worked directly with the in-house AT&T organization called the Skills Match Center, a result of a union collective bargaining agreement to limit the number of outside temporary staff that could be brought into AT&T.
Over the years, she’s been involved in local PTA and parents organizations at her children’s schools.
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