Anna Throne-Holst — Candidate for Southampton Town Supervisor

Anna Throne-Holst is currently a town council member and board liaison to several departments including Human Services, the Justice Court, Senior Services and the Anti-bias Task Force. A proud mother of three sons, Anna has lived in the East End community for more than 20 years. Prior to being elected to the Southampton Town Council, Anna served as the executive director of the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center from 1999 – 2004, where she was responsible for all areas of administration including budget planning and oversight, program development, staff development and fundraising. Anna is also a co-founder of the Hayground School in Bridgehampton where she worked with a core group of educators to conceptualize, organize and implement the creation and management of this innovative school. A graduate of American University and Columbia University, Anna holds an undergraduate degree in business management and international affairs, as well as a master’s degree in public administration and international affairs. She is also fluent in four languages.

www.annathrone-holst.com

Bridget Fleming — Candidate for Southampton Town Board

Bridget Fleming has been a resident of the Town of Southampton since 2001, when she moved here with her husband Bob to start a family. Fleming graduated from law school in 1991. As a student, she was recognized both for her academic achievements and for her outstanding contributions to the community. After graduation, she worked as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, where she ran the office's Welfare Fraud Unit, which investigated and prosecuted fraud in public programs. Since leaving the D.A.'s office in 2001, Fleming's legal work has included real estate, land use, and zoning law, as well as professional mediation. She recently launched a law practice in downtown Sag Harbor, specializing in family and criminal law. As a Southampton resident, she has been a member of the Noyac CAC. Her son Jai, now six, will soon enter first grade at Sag Harbor Elementary School.

www.flemingfortownboard.com

Sally G. Pope — Candidate for Southampton Town Board

Currently sitting on the Southampton Town Board, Sally is seeking re-election for a full four-year term. Professionally, she is an attorney, mediator and teacher. She was a co-founder and Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation based at Hofstra School of Law where she is also an Adjunct Professor. She also taught mediation in intensive programs across the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. During more than twenty-five years of experience as a mediator, she helped resolve conflicts in a variety of settings including businesses, governmental agencies, families and community groups. Other experience includes corporate law in New York City. She is a former President of the Academy of Family Mediators (now the international Association for Conflict Resolution). As a teenager, Sally’s first job was selling hot dogs and ice cream at a swimming pool in Pennsylvania, and she was a competitive AAU swimmer. A resident of Remsenburg for 25 years with her husband, Michael, Sally is on the Board of Family Counseling Services in Westhampton and has been a Hospice patient volunteer and counselor at the Hospice Camp Good Grief for children. She has a grown son, three stepdaughters and five grandchildren.

www.sallypope.org

Alex Gregor — Candidate for Superintendent of Highways

A lifelong resident of Hampton Bays, Highway Superintendent candidate Alex Gregor is a local entrepreneur with twenty years experience in construction management and field supervision from municipal projects to major developments, as well as the private residential sector. He has a strong history of civic involvement, and is committed to equal opportunity and fiscal responsibility. Currently the Chairman of the Southampton Town Independence Party, he has also held leadership positions with the Southampton Town Conservation Board, the Hampton Bays Civic Association, and the Peconic Estuary Program Citizens' Advisory Committee. As a manager and community activist, he prides himself on his ability to inspire and motivate people.

Chris Garvey — Candidate for Town Trustee

Chris Garvey is a 25-year resident of Hampton Bays. Formerly an equipment superintendent, commercial fisherman and marine surveyor, he is currently the owner of Garvey Marine Insurance, servicing clients across the eastern seaboard. Also passionate about education, he has served on the boards of both the Hampton Bays Schools and Eastern Suffolk BOCES for a total of 15 years. A graduate of Westminster School and Eisenhower College, he began visiting the East End at an early age and always knew it would become his home. He and his wife, Margaret, enjoy spending time on the water whenever they can, as do their four children.

www.chrisgarveyfortrustee.com

Bill Pell — Candidate for Town Trustee

Bill Pell is a lifelong resident of the East End and a fourth generation Baymen. A commercial vessel captain and past owner and operator of a commercial and sport fishing dock in Hampton Bays for 20 years, Pell also founded the Southampton Oyster Company — a local oyster farming enterprise. A lieutenant in the Southampton Fire Department, member of the Southampton Rotary, Peconic Estuary Citizen’s Committee and a Peconic Land Trust Land Steward, Pell resides in Southampton with his wife, Sarah Fitzsimmons, and their two children Aimee and Hannah.

www.billpell.com

Deborah Kooperstein — Candidate for Southampton Town Justice

Judge Kooperstein is the first female judge in Southampton’s history. She was elected to her first term as Southampton Town Justice in November of 1993.  This year, 2009, Judge Kooperstein, a Democrat, was cross-endorsed by the Republican, Conservative and Independence and Working Families Party.

Judge Kooperstein has made many changes in the court system- two examples are instituting a law student intern program and installing a Spanish Interpreter in the courtroom.  In 1997, she authored a grant proposal to hire advocates for victims of domestic violence. These advocates still staff the Southampton Town Justice Court  as   Town employees and carry on the advocacy program. While President of the County Magistrate’s Association, (1996-2002) Judge Kooperstein lobbied for the authorization to establish a Drug Treatment Court for East End non-violent drug offenders.  In 2002, she was, trained and certified appointed  a Drug Treatment  Court Judge handling drug cases for the Five East End Towns in the EERIC (East End Regional Intervention Court) along with Riverhead Town Justice Allen Smith.  In 2005, she received a certificate of Special Recognition from Congressman Tim Bishop and a nomination as a Woman of Distinction by the New York State Senate for this initiative In 2006, she recommended the implementation of video arraignments in Southampton Court to decrease the costs and the risks involved in  police officers transporting prisoners.

Judge Kooperstein is a graduate of New York University and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.  Se was admitted to practice in New York in the Second Department on June 12, 1985 and admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court on February 22, 2005.

Judge Kooperstein is a member of  Women in the Courts Committee of Suffolk County, immediate past President of the Suffolk County Magistrate’s Association, a member of the Suffolk County Task Force to Prevent Family Violence, a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association, a life-time member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a member of the Irish-American Society, a member of the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons. She maintains a law practice in Bridgehampton  and resides there with her partner.

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