Tomas J. Padilla is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served on the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 2002, when he was elected by the Bergen County Democratic Committee to fill the vacated seat of Fort Lee Mayor Jack Alter.
During his term as Freeholder he will serve in the following committees: Education, Labor, Law and Public Safety, Parks and Public Works, Planning Board, Bergen Community College, Vocational Schools, New Jersey Association of Counties, and in the committee of Planning and Economic Development where he will be the chairman.
He is the commander of the Bureau of Criminal Identification, where among his duties he oversees the departmental Local Area Computer Network.
He served on the Transition Teams of Governor of New Jersey James McGreevey and Bergen County Executive, Dennis McNerney.
A resident of Upper Saddle River, Padilla was appointed in August 2015 as the Borough Administrator of Woodcliff Lake.