David G. Hunt is the Chair of the Executive Board of Suffolk County Council, BSA, Long Island, New York.  He has served on the Council Executive Board since 2014, holding the positions of Vice President of Properties and Risk Management for five years,  Executive Vice President in 2020, and President from 2021 to 2024.

David Hunt and Ashley, after her very successful Eagle Board of Review in 2023

He has been an Eagle Scout Coach for many years, and has coached hundreds of Scouts to Eagle Scout rank.  He has been presented with a mentor pin from over 50 Eagle Scouts.

As a former chair of a District Advancement Committee, he was responsible for the advancement of more than 2,000 Scouts, as well supervision of Eagle Scout service projects from 27 District troops.  He also serves as a volunteer counselor at Baiting Hollow Scout Camp.

Mr. Hunt is a merit badge counselor for 13 different merit badge subjects, and has awarded over 1,000 merit badges to deserving Scouts.

He has been presented with the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award by the Suffolk County Council; The James E. West award; the District Award of Merit for his work in the Matinecock District; and the Silver Beaver Award, the highest national award that can be presented by a Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Hunt earned Eagle Scout rank in 1967 with Troop 72 in Huntsville, Alabama, and proudly acknowledges that his life was profoundly changed by the mentoring that he received from his Scoutmaster, Charles Graff.  (Story is here.)

Judy and David Hunt at the BSA Distinguished Citizen Award Presentation

He is also an ordained interfaith minister serving in the Outreach Ministry of One Spirit Interfaith, and provides ceremonies, inspirational talks, and spiritual counseling to adults and adolescents, regardless of faith tradition.   Reverend Hunt shares his ministry, Attunement for Life (attunementforlife.org), with his wife, Judy, also an ordained interfaith minister.

Reverend Hunt was also named as an annual honoree for the United Jewish Appeal of New York, Real Estate Division, for his philanthropy and contributions in the field of commercial real estate and construction. (www.huntcorp.com)

He will do his best to answer personal inquiries and can be reached at CoachHunt@EagleCoach.org.

Keira, the 12th female Eagle Scout in Suffolk County Council, after her very successful Eagle Board of Review in 2023. Her very proud troop Advancement Coordinator and Committee Chair are on the right.

David Hunt with Karla, one of 500+ girls in Suffolk County Council, after completing her Eagle Scout Board of Review in 2022.

The Board of Review for our Council’s first female Eagle Scout, January, 2021.

David Hunt and Richard, a 13 year old Eagle Scout, after his Eagle Board of Review in 2016.

David Hunt with new Eagles, Dominic, Kieran, Brian and Ruslan in 2019.

David Hunt with new Eagle Scouts, Elliot, John and James – 2019

David G. Hunt and Michael, a new Eagle Scout in 2016

David Hunt at an Eagle Court of Honor for Mitchell in 2016.

David G. Hunt with Austin and Cameron, two of the eight Scouts in Troop 113 who earned Eagle Scout rank in 2010, the Centennial Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.