Herb Levitt, recently retired high school guidance counselor, is President of the Union County Education Association, a position to which he has been reelected sixteen times and serves on the New Jersey Delegate Assembly.  Before becoming a counselor, Levitt taught mathematics. 

Levitt is the 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.