Dennis D. Husch, a 25-year resident of Herndon and a 38-year resident of the state of Virginia, has served on the Herndon Town Council since 1994. He is currently serving on the Fairfax County Economic Development Commission and the Phase II Tax District Commission for MetroRail.  He also served on the Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Utility and Railroad Safety Damage Prevention Advisory Committee and the Commonwealth’s Joint Commission on Technology and Science.

In December of 2009 Husch was selected by the University of Virginia Sorensen Institute Political Leaders Program for the Class of 2010.

As a member of the Town Council, Husch has chaired the Downtown Trolley Study Committee and the Level of Service Ad Hoc Committee. He has served on the Council’s Finance Ad-Hoc Committee and as the Town’s representative to the Transportation Coordinating Council, World Congress for Information Technology and the Commonwealth’s Joint Commission on Technology and Science. He has been a member of the Hispanic Task Force and the Mayor’s Sports Field Inventory Task Force. In 2007 and 2008 he was appointed to the General Laws Policy Committee of the Virginia Municipal League and also serves on the steering committee that determines issues to be brought before the full committee. Husch also represents the town on the Fairfax County Regulatory Process and Legislative Committee, a subcommittee of the county’s Economic Advisory Commission.

Husch was committee chairman of Cub Scout Pack 157 and, with his wife Nancy, founded the Tiger Cubs program for the pack. He is past president and life member of the Optimist Club of Herndon and former member of the board of directors for Herndon Community Television HCTV. He has coached and refereed basketball for the Optimist Club and the Cardinal Basketball Referees and has umpired for high school and Optimist Club baseball.

Husch works for System Planning Corporation, providing subject matter expertise and consulting services to the U.S. government.

Husch holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Strayer University and an associate degree in science from Northern Virginia Community College. He is certified in cryptology by the National Security Agency and is trained by the U.S. Army in Radio Traffic Analysis/Cryptanalaysis.

Husch’s wife Nancy is the former executive director for HCTV. In 1992 she received the Mayor’s Distinguished Service Award and in 1996 was named Woman of the Year by the Herndon Business and Professional Woman’s Club. The Huschs’ adult son, Jason, lives in Bealeton, VA, with his wife, Shauntel, and daughter, Samantha Marie.

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