Thomas Gulotta

Thomas Stephen Gulotta (April 27, 1944 – August 4, 2019) was an American Republican politician from Nassau County, New York, who was the county executive of Nassau from 1987 to 2001.

Early life Gulotta was born in Oceanside, New York, on April 27, 1944, the son of Josephine and Frank Gulotta Sr. His father was a former Nassau County district attorney and former New York State Supreme Court judge. The younger Gulotta was raised on Long Island and attended Malverne High School, where he was student president. He was re-elected to the position in 1983.

On January 16, 1987, Gulotta was appointed county executive by the county's board of supervisors, He opted not to run for a fifth term in 2001, after having won 11 straight elections. His successor was Democrat Tom Suozzi.

Gulotta later founded Executive Strategies, a consulting firm, and joined the law firm of Shaw, Licitra, Bohner, Eserino, Schwartz & Pfluger in Mineola, New York, At the time of his death in 2019 Gulotta was a special counsel at Albanese & Albanese, LLP, a law firm in Garden City, New York.

Personal life Gulotta married Elizabeth Abbott Fryatt; they had two living children.

Gulotta died on August 4, 2019, at the age of 75.