Marc Herbst serves as the Executive Director of the Long Island Contractors’ Association, the premier regional trade association of the heavy construction industry.
Since 2006, he has managed services and programming, labor, and safety training for more than 170-member firms and acts as the voice for the industry’s public and government advocacy.
Under Mr. Herbst’s tenure, LICA’s role as a critical driver of the Long Island economy has grown to its current status, responsible for thousands of construction jobs within the bi-county region.
He serves concurrently as President of the New York Roadway and Infrastructure Coalition.
In addition, Herbst is a former chairman of the Council of State Executives for the American Road and Transportation Builders Association and a board member of the Town of Islip’s MacArthur Airport’s Advisory Board.
In addition, Mr. Herbst serves as an employer trustee for several labor benefit trust funds, including Laborers Local No. 1298, Operating Engineers Local No. 138, and Teamsters Local No. 282, and was a Bethpage Federal Credit Union associate board member.
He also proudly serves as a United Way of Long Island board member. Mr. Herbst is the former Director of Transportation Planning and Environmental Services for the New York State Thruway Authority.
In that role, he served as the executive project manager for the study to rebuild the new Mario Cuomo Bridge. Prior, he served as a five-term State Assemblyman, working as the ranking member of the Assembly Transportation Committee.
As an elected official, he was respected on both sides of the political aisle for his integrity, willingness to engage in thoughtful debate, and commitment to public service. He also served on the MTA’s Capital Review Board and the Long Island Commission on Critical Transportation Choices.
An ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Reverend Herbst is now assigned to the Church of the Good Shepherd – Lutheran, Plainview, NY. He previously served as the Chief of Staff for the New York metropolitan region bishop of the ELCA and as the pastor at the Church of Our Savior, Lutheran, Manhasset, NY, and Faith Lutheran Church, Syosset.
Herbst holds a Master of Science degree in Transportation Planning & Engineering from New York University, a Master of Divinity from St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from SUNY Empire State College.
Mr. Herbst is a 2008 graduate and current board member of the Energeia Partnership at Molloy College.
