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School Board Elects Rogan as Prez, Spector as Veep

 

Huntington School Board members elected Emily Rogan to serve as that body’s president during the 2013/14 school year. Adam Spector was chosen as vice-president. Trustees took the action during the Board’s reorganization meeting this past Tuesday in the Jack Abrams School auditorium.

Fellow trustees nominated both Mrs. Rogan and Mr. Spector for the president and vice-president posts, respectively. District Clerk Joanne Miranda polled members the seven trustees chose their leaders in a pair unanimous votes.

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An award winning journalist, Mrs. Rogan grew up in the community and graduated from Huntington High School in 1983. She went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree at Cornell University and a Master’s degree at New York University.

Sixteen years ago Mrs. Rogan moved back to Huntington from New York City with her husband Bob (Huntington Class of 1979). Together they have a son Henry, who is a senior at Huntington High School and a daughter Julia, an eighth grader at J. Taylor Finley Middle School.

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Professionally, Mrs. Rogan is a freelance writer, frequently authoring articles for newspapers and magazines about subjects affecting children and families. The third term trustee had an essay published in the book, “Fits Starts and Matters of the Heart - 28 True Stories of Love, Loss and Everything in Between. It is a collection of works by writers from Freelance Success, an online professional writer’s organization that counts Mrs. Rogan as one of its members.

Before becoming a mother, Mrs. Rogan worked for the CBS News show 48 Hours. She also worked for many years for Junior Achievement of New York, a non-profit organization that focuses on education and mentoring.

Mr. Spector spent many years in the field of corporate technology management in New York’s financial district where he worked for some of the world’s largest banks. He helped develop and manage two separate technology consultant firms, including one focused on serving families and small businesses in the Huntington area. Most recently, he has focused his energy on his family, school district and community.

After growing up in Old Bethpage, Mr. Spector attended Binghamton University where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in management from Binghamton’s School of Management.

An active participant in the school district, Mr. Spector has served on multiple shared decision making teams and has a lengthy resume of PTA executive leadership. He has coached youth soccer and regularly attends and volunteers for community and school events.

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