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A lifelong resident of Long Island, I have been a homeowner since 1974 with homes, cooperative apartments, and condominium apartments in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and in Bethesda, Maryland where I lived for a few years.

In 2010, I moved out to Southampton and continued full time work with my NYC based company. As a senior healthcare operations executive, my work took me to different locales rather than corporate Headquarters, and I flew out of JFK Airport each Monday morning; it really didnt matter where I lived. I took this opportunity to choose a place where I thought I would stay in retirement, and that is exactly what happened. At the end of 2018, I retired from all work including part time consulting.

William Flinter grew up in Mattituck and attended Mattituck High School, where he met his wife Danielle. They later attended Siena College in upstate New York, where William earned a Bachelor’s degree in finance. After graduating, they returned home to Mattituck, where they now reside with their two children, Collin and Lena.

I love the North Fork, but fear for its future. Southold is facing a wave of unprecedented challenges, and we need to regain control of our town’s destiny. Change is inevitable, but development pressures and big-money investors are shutting out young and working-class people, stressing our natural beauty and diminishing our quality of life - the things that make this place unique.

We must protect our natural resources while providing affordable housing opportunities, but we must do sustainably. We can achieve this goal, but it will take commitment, foresight, and the ability to make tough decisions. We can’t simply build our way out of the affordable housing crisis.

Anne Smith and her husband Ron have been living on the North Fork for the last 38 years. They moved into their current home in Mattituck in 1985, while still working in the Rocky Point School District, where Anne was employed as a teacher and then an assistant principal. Following that Anne served as Principal in the William Floyd School District.

Rene Suprina is a music educator and district music coordinator in the Southold school district, where she has worked for 21 years.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in music from SUNY Potsdam and a master’s degree in fine arts from Stony Brook University. She also holds an advanced certificate in school building/school district leadership from Stony Brook University.

“Having held many leadership positions, I feel my strongest skill is bringing diverse groups together to make unified decisions that benefit all stakeholders,” Suprina said.

Josephine Makowski is a program analyst and software engineer and a longtime IT employee at Suffolk County Community College.

Makowski has a bachelor of science degree in information systems and computer programming from Dowling College.

Her education and career have allowed her to hone her skills in record management, leadership, organization, problem resolution, and efficiency, according to the press release.

Sarah Smith is a Licensed Macro Social Worker, who calls Ronkonkoma home, and spent her upbringing and adult life by caretaking for her parents and her younger sister. Sarah graduated from Connetquot High School before earning her MSW from Stony Brook University, and passing the NYS Social Work licensing exam. Sarah has spent her career helping her community.

My name is Ken Colón. I'm 27 years old, grew up right here in Brentwood, in the Town of Islip, and I am proud to call Brentwood home today.

Most recently, I led data management for suicide prevention at the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, focusing on identifying trends in youth suicides and potential interventions, and consulted on health policy research for the Center for Infectious Disease Modeling & Analysis at the Yale School of Public Health.
I am currently pursuing my Executive Master's in Public Health at Yale, from where I will graduate next May as the youngest member of my class, with concentrations in environmental health sciences and epidemiology.