Herb Levitt is a recently retired high school guidance counselor and former President of the Union County Education Association.  He was reelected President seventeen times and served on the New Jersey Delegate Assembly.  Before becoming a counselor, Levitt taught mathematics. 

Levitt is a former President of the National Education Association's National Council of Urban Education Associations (NCUEA).  He served as President of the Elizabeth Education Association for over six years, has been a member of the NEA Board of Directors and on the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Executive Committee for 18 years.  He has represented the NEA at meetings of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession and its successor, Education International.  

Levitt served as Chairperson of the NEA Civil Rights Committee and was a member of the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education Advisory Committee.  He served on the Local Professional Development Committee in Elizabeth and on the New Jersey Professional Teaching Standards Board.