The following narrators generously agreed to sit for oral history interviews and share their experiences with the public. The first round of interviews started in 2016, with another round funded by Monmouth University's Urban Coast Institute in 2022. Click the name to access. Additional interviews will be added as transcripts are finalized. For questions -- or to be interviewed yourself -- email Professor Melissa Ziobro, mziobro@monmouth.edu.
Tom Arnone, Neptune City
(Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders)
Joe Barris, Howell Township
(Assistant Planning Director, Monmouth County)
Mike Bascom, Neptune
(Municipal Government)
Dennis Buchanan, Belmar
(Impacted Homeowner)
Kevin Burkitt, Shark River Hills
(Photographer, 91 Days; Countless Nights)
Lillian Burry, Colts Neck
(Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Director)
Anthony Cavallo, Union Beach
(Home Inundated by Floodwaters)
Cindy Coffey, Eatontown
(Impacted Homeowner)
John P. Curley, Middletown
(Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Deputy Director)
Serena DiMaso, Holmdel
(Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders)
Lou Anne Donovan, Asbury Park
(Witness to the Storm)
Harrison Drucker, Long Branch
(Home Inundated by Floodwaters)
Kathy Durante, Brick Township
(OceanFirst Foundation)
Karen Finkelstein, Sea Bright
(Home Inundated by Floodwaters)
Jim Foley, Deal
(President, Church of the Presidents Historical Museum)
Cameron Foster, Point Pleasant
(NJ Organizing Project)
Shaun Golden, Howell Township
(Monmouth County Sheriff)
Christine Hanlon, Freehold
(County Government)
Tom Hayes, Wall Township
(NJ Natural Gas)
Gilda Healy, Sea Girt
(Trustee at the flooded National Guard Militia Museum)
Steve Heisman, Toms River
(Executive Director, Monmouth County HABcore)
Chris Hirschler, Long Branch
(Documented the Storm)
Robert Howard, Union Beach
(Municipal Government)
Corey Hudson, Jackson
(Artist; http://corey-hudson.squarespace.com/)
Sue Kiley, Hazlet
(Reaching All In Need Everyday Foundation)
Tony MacDonald, Ocean Township
(Director, Urban Coast Institute, Monmouth University)
Jennifer Maier, Union Beach
(Municipal Government)
Teresa McGrath-Ross, Farmingdale
(Aid Worker)
Mike McLaughlin, Manasquan
(Photographed destruction and reconstruction)
Elsalyn Palmisano, Long Branch
(Home Inundated by Floodwaters)
Michelle Petro, Manasquan
(Home Inundated by Floodwaters)
Skip Pulcrano, Brick Township
(Volunteered in Union Beach)
Ann, Port Monmouth
(Home Inundated by Floodwaters)
Gary Rich, Sr., Spring Lake
(Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders)
Krista Sperber, Belmar
(NJ Organizing Project)
Joseph Snable, Belmar
(Home Inundated by Floodwaters)
John Swartz, Hazlet
(VP, Keansburg Historical Society)
Dr. Amy Williams, Long Beach Island
(Stevens Institute of Technology/NJ Sea Grant Consortium; http://njseagrant.org/ )
