David N. Tarantino
Commodore
David N. Tarantino is a member of a long standing Scouting Family who has volunteered with the Boy Scouts of America for 4 generations and Sea Scouting for 3 generations.
David served from 2016-2017 as the NER Boatswain’s Mate and from 2017-2018 as the NER Boatswain and a member of the National Quarterdeck He was a youth member of the NER Executive Committee for the 2016-2018 terms.
He is a former member of the Northeast Region Sea Scout Committee where he served as Vice Commodore of Administration. He was also involved as a Ship Growth and Retention Mentor for the State of New Jersey for 3 years.
Currently, he is the Skipper of Ship 1908 Rising Phoenix and the NNJC Council Commodore. He is a member of both the Communications and Events Support Sub-Committees ran by the National Quarterdeck. He has served in various positions in Cub Scouts, Venturing, Varsity Scouts, STEM Scouts, and Exploring. He was the founding Scoutmaster of Troop 1908G. David served as the Interim Skipper for Ship 228 SSS Sea Dart II for the 2022 year. He currently serves as the Asst. District Commissioner for Three Rivers District-South where he works to help bring Scouting into areas that have not had the program for close to 30 years.
David is a member of the Catholic Committee on Scouting in the Archdiocese of Newark where he serves as a Religious Emblems Counselor. In this position, he has mentored many youth in all of the religious emblems from Cub Scouts to Sea Scouts as well as the International Awareness Award.
He participated and earned his Seabadge pin at SB-34-NY-17. He has staffed Seabadge 51-NJ-19 and Seabadge 62-NY-21 and was Course Director for Seabadge 67-NJ-22 the SSS Cast of Characters. David is an instructor on SEAL Long Island. He has also completed Woodbadge course N5-341-17. He completed his Powderhorn Training, Kodiak and Kodiak X as well as Seabadge Underway. As a youth, he served on staff at the Sea Scout Exhibit at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree. He graduated from SEAL Long Island Sound Course SL-74-NY-16. He is active in the Order of the Arrow as a Brotherhood Member.
David is the Director of Sacred Music Emeritus at his home parish of Sts. Joseph and Michael in Union City, NJ. He is also a Choral musician having performed at Carnegie Hall, Budapest Palace of the Arts, and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. At his parish, he also serves as a Catechist, Lector, Eucharistic Minister, and Pastoral Council Member. He is a graduate of New Jersey City University where he a received a bachelor’s degree in Music Business.