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Douglas Herrick

Born and raised in neighboring Paramus NJ, Doug and his wife Bina Dugan moved to Maywood ten ​years ago. Doug is the proud father of three, grandfather to Nash and Hailee and dog dad to his ​Shepherd Husky mix Cooper, all of whom keep him on his toes.

Doug is a Certified Residential Real ​Estate Appraiser and owner of The Herrick Group, LLC. He holds an A. A. S in Culinary Arts from ​Atlantic Cape Community College and is a graduate of the Bergen Volunteers leadership ​development program, BergenLEADS.



Doug is a member and Past President of the Maywood Democratic Club, the Executive Secretary and ​Past President of the Maywood Rotary Club, and Treasurer of the Maywood Democratic County ​Committee. He is a member of the Planning Board and the Maywood 4th of July Parade Committee ​and was previously a member of the Green Team. He has served as the Race Director for the ​Maywood 5k for the past two years after working on the committee that brought back the popular ​community event after a long hiatus. Doug is Secretary of the Food Brigade Board of Trustees and is ​a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow.



During Doug’s previous term on the Maywood Council from 2020-2021, he chaired the Public Safety ​Committee and then the Public Works Committee and was a member of the Community Affairs, ​Personnel, and Finance committees. He was liaison to the MYAA, July 4th Parade committee, ​Insurance and Safety committee, the Special Improvement District, and Tannac. He created the ​resolution establishing the Volunteer Advisory Board as a member of council and later served as its ​Chairman.



A former Chef, he worked in the food service industry for over 20 years in gourmet and corporate ​catering. Doug was the Foodservice Director for the Bergen County Community Action Program ​where he ran the kitchen in the homeless shelter in Hackensack, the Bergen County Head Start ​feeding program and the SPICE Culinary training program. Doug continues to put his culinary skills ​to use through numerous Rotary events from fundraising to feeding people at the County shelter ​and raising money and food for local pantries. .


       
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