Herb Morrow, Mayor
Herb Morrow

Herb Morrow serves as Village Mayor. He joined the Village Board in 1993 as Trustee. He was first elected Mayor in 1994 and in June 2006 was elected to his seventh term.

Mayor Morrow is a lifelong resident of Long Island. He attended St Pius X High School in Uniondale, earned his BA from Cathedral College in Douglaston, New York and attended Immaculate Conception Seminary in Lloyd Harbor. He did his graduate work in business in the MBA program at New York University.

His business career has included a number of entrepreneurial ventures and executive positions including President of Yourdon Inc., a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak, and Vice President of Business Development at Norrell Corporation, ASI Solutions and Bowne Business Solutions. He is currently Senior Vice President for the Northeast Division of Spherion Corporation, a Ft Lauderdale based Staffing and Recruiting firm. He has spoken at a number of conferences on Outsourcing Solutions for Business.

Mayor Morrow has served in a number of executive positions of the Suffolk County Village Officials Association including President from 2000-2002. He has been appointed to the Governor's Long Island Coastal Advisory Commission, the County's Smart Growth Advisory Commission, and the Town of Huntington's Harborfront Commission, LWRP Committee and the Homeland Security Task Force. He is also a member of the Town of Huntington's Republican Committee and on the Board of Directors of the Nathan Hale Beach Association.

He and his wife, Beth, who is a teacher in the Carle Place School District, have resided in Huntington Bay since 1983. They have a 16 year old daughter, Kristen, and a 13 year old son, Brendan.


Dennis E. Gai, Deputy Mayor / Road Commissioner/Acting Police Commissioner
Dennis Gai

Dennis Gai is a native Long Islander and has been a resident of Huntington Bay for the past 35 years with his wife Barbara and four children.

His career has been focused on hospital and college executive management including positions with Stony Brook University Hospital, LIJ, Nassau County, and presently Nassau Community College. Dennis received his MBA in Corporate Finance from Adelphi University.

During this time, Dennis has served in a number of capacities on the board of Bay Hills Property Owners. With help from a project team, he published a short book on the history of Bay Hills in 1992.

He is now serving his sixth term as a Village Trustee and currently holds the responsibilities of Deputy Mayor, Road Commissioner and Acting Police Commissioner.


John McCusker, Village Trustee / Police Commissioner
John McCusker

John McCusker has lived in Huntington Bay for almost thirty years with his wife, Brenda, a teacher in the East Meadow schools. John and Brenda have three sons, all of whom attended Huntington High School and now live and work in Manhattan.

His career has been almost exclusively devoted to financial management roles. John has been the Chief Financial Officer for three public companies, and currently holds that position at a large privately held company in Port Washington.

He is a graduate of St. John's University and a Certified Public Accountant.

He has been a Trustee of Huntington Hospital for over 20 years, including three years as Chairman of the Board. In addition John has served on the Board of Directors of the Family Service League of Suffolk County, the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council, and the Waste Policy Institute of Virginia Tech University.

John is serving his second term as Village Trustee.



Jay Meyer, Village Trustee
Jay Meyer

Jay Meyer has lived in the Village for the past 25 years with his wife Gabriella and two daughters.

Jay is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Financial Planner. He runs his own accounting and auditing firm assisting medium sized privately held companies and high net-worth individuals.

He received his BBA from Hofstra University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a member New York Sate Society of CPA's where he served on the Accounting and Auditing Committee and the Accounting and Review Services Committee.

Jay served as Village Treasurer from 1995-1997 and is now serving his fifth term as Village Trustee.


Don Rave, Village Trustee

Don Rave

Donald T. Rave, Jr. has lived in Huntington for over 30 years and has lived in the Village since 1997. He and his wife Christy have three children who have graduated from Huntington High School and gone on to higher education


Don practiced maritime law in New York City for 17 years before joining his father, Donald T. Rave, Sr. in a small practice he founded in 1986 in Locust Valley where they specialize in estate planning, federal litigation and maritime matters.

Don serves as a director of the Nathan Hale Road Association and the Nathan Hale Beach Association and was first elected in June of 2004 to serve as Village Trustee.


 

 



 

 

 
 
 
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