Manuel "Manny" Delgado is also the chief operations officer of Camden's LEAP Academy.
MOORESTOWN TWP. -- As chief operations officer at Camden's LEAP Academy University Charter School, Manuel "Manny" Delgado is not new to leadership roles.
But his swearing-in as mayor at Moorestown's council reorganization Tuesday did mark a first: He is the first Hispanic mayor in the township.
Delgado will now lead the town council, which he was first elected to in 2014.
Most expensive places to live in Burlington Co.
Moorestown First, a campaign group for Republican candidates, said in a press release Tuesday that Delgado was also Moorestown's first council member of Hispanic descent.
Delgado told the Burlington County Times at the ceremony Tuesday night that it was "pretty incredible" that an inner city kid could eventually become the township's mayor. He told the paper he and his family moved to Moorestown about a decade ago because they liked the town and its schools.
Moorestown First also pointed out several other firsts in township government in the last five years.
Stacey Jordan became the township's first female mayor in 2013 and Victoria Napolitano became its youngest mayor when she was sworn-in in 2015. She was the youngest woman to hold the job in all of New Jersey, according to the Moorestown First.
Also at Tuesday's reorganization, according to the Burlington County Times, Jordan became deputy mayor and two council members, Republican Mike Locatell and Lisa Petriello, the only Democrat on the council, were sworn in.
Rebecca Everett may be reached at reverett@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @rebeccajeverett. Find NJ.com on Facebook.