About Dave

David Hodas has lived in Kinnelon for over a decade. Born in Perth Amboy, NJ, and raised in Philadelphia, PA, he first moved to Kinnelon from Silver Spring, MD, in 2015 with his wife and two children.

Dave’s wife, Stacy, grew up in Kinnelon and always knew she wanted to return home to raise her own children. Having fallen in love with Kinnelon while visiting over the years, Dave was happy to oblige.

Since then, Dave and Stacy moved into Fayson Lakes, welcomed their third child, and are now happily living the dream in Kinnelon.

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Volunteer Firefighter
Airline Captain
Family Man

Volunteer Firefighter

June 2019: Dave's Facebook post of himself & Sid at Kiel School

For the past decade, Dave has been a member the Kinnelon Volunteer Fire Company, and he has served on the KVFC Executive Board since 2023.

As a volunteer firefighter over the years, he’s gotten to work with Kinnelon kids on fire safety – presenting at Wise Owl, where his kids attended preschool, helping with the old Safety Town program for incoming Kindergarteners, and hosting the Stonybrook Student Council at the firehouse for their annual field trip.

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Airline Captain

October 2020: Featured in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. (Photo by Colin Miller)

Dave is currently a New York City-based 737 Captain at a major U.S. airline, where he’s worked in a variety of roles since 2018.

Prior to that, he was a CRJ Captain at a regional airline, where he worked for 5½ years and served as a Simulator Instructor and Line Check Airman to end his tenure.

To start his career as a pilot, Dave was a Gold Seal Flight Instructor in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for about four years.

His career as a pilot has sharpened his ability to lead and solve problems under pressure, communicate clearly, and work effectively as part of a team – all qualities that will make him an asset to the Kinnelon BOE.

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Family Man

May 2019: Dave and his kids fishing in Fayson Lakes

Dave and Stacy are the proud parents of three wonderful kids — a freshman at Kinnelon High School, a 7th grader at Pearl R. Miller Middle School, and a 4th grader at Stonybrook Elementary School. Each has been actively engaged in a variety of programs at every school since Kindergarten. For example…

  • ACADEMICS: GOAL program and extracurricular STEM offerings at Stonybrook, National Junior Honor Society, PRM Robotics Team, Biomedical Sciences Academy at KHS

  • ATHLETICS: Tennis, Soccer, Basketball, and Softball

  • THEATER ARTS: PRM and Stonybrook School Plays

  • MUSIC: Choir, Band, Advanced Musicians Band

  • CITIZENSHIP: Knights of Columbus Outstanding Citizen Award at PRM, Peer Mentors at PRM, Stonybrook Student Council

June 2026: PRM's 8th Grade graduation
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