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DUKES COUNTY COMMISSION
Commissioners
Town
Term expires
Leslie H. Leland
West Tisbury
Jan. 2013
Thomas J. Hallahan, Sc.D.
Oak Bluffs
Jan. 2013
John Alley
West Tisbury
Jan. 2013
Carlene Gatting
Edgartown
Jan. 2013
Tristan Israel
Tisbury
Jan. 2013
Leonard Jason Jr., Chairman
Chilmark
Jan. 2013
Melinda Loberg
Tisbury
Jan. 2013
Commissioners serve for two years. Terms expire on the first Wednesday in January following the election.
DUKES COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD FOR EXPENDITURES
one representative from each town, appointed annualy by the town's Board of Selectmen
Arthur Smadbeck, Chairman
Edgartown
Walter Vail
Oak Bluffs
Frank Fenner
Chilmark
Kris Lombard
Gosnold
Jeffrey Manter
West Tisbury
Jim Newman
Aquinnah
Jeff Kristal
Tisbury
COUNTY COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
Title
Appointee
Term expires
Clerk to the County Commissioners (1 year)
Joseph E. Sollitto, Jr.
Dec. 31, 2012
Legal Counsel (3 years)
Marcia Mulford Cini
Feb. 28, 2012
Associated Commissioner for Affairs of Handicapped Persons (1 year)
Anson W. Krickl Jr.
Feb. 28, 2012
Associate Commissioner for Affairs of the Elderly (1 year)
Charles Cotnoir
Feb. 28, 2012
Associate Commissioner
Timothy W. Tsai, MD
Feb. 28, 2012
for Public Health (1 year)
Associate Commissioner for Homeless
Connie Teixeira
Feb. 28, 2012
Associate Commissioners for Youth Affairs (1 year - 1 adult, 2 youth)
Michael Joyce - adult
Feb. 28, 2012
Anastasia Thibodeau
Feb. 28, 2012
Justin Oslyn
Feb. 28, 2012
Taylor Rasmussen
Feb. 28, 2012
Associate Commissioner for Fisheries
Warren Dotty

Feb. 28, 2012
County's representative to the Martha's Vineyard Commission (1 year)
Leonard Jason, Jr.
Dec. 31, 2011
County's representative to the Dukes County Contributory Retirement System Board (3-year)
Roger W. Wey
Dec. 31,  2011
Steamship Authority Member (3 years)
Marc N. Hanover
Feb. 28, 2014
County representative to the Cape Cod Municipal Health Group (3-year)
Noreen Mavro Flanders
Feb. 28, 2014
Dr. James Weiss
Feb. 28, 2014
(alternate voting member)
Melanie Becker
Feb. 28, 2014
Adam Wilson
County representative to the Cape Cod Light Compact (3-year)
Peter Cabana
Feb. 28, 2014
Point of contact to National Incident Management Systems (1-year)
Michael A. McCormack
Feb. 28, 2012
Emergency Management Director (1 year)
Charles Cotnoir
Feb. 28, 2012
Delegate to Pilgrim RC&D Area Council (1 year)
TJ Hegarty
Feb. 31, 2010
Martha's Vineyard Airport Commission (3-year)
Norman Perry
Feb. 28,  2013
John Alley
Feb. 28,  2014
Fred Condon             
Feb. 28, 2012
James Craig
Feb. 28, 2013
Constance Teixeira      
Feb. 28, 2012
Benjamin  L. Hall, Jr.  
Feb. 28, 2014
James K. Coyne
Feb. 28, 2012
County Personnel Board (3-year)
County employee representative
Jo Ann Murphy
June 30, 2012
County Advisory Board representative
Jim Newman
June 30, 2013
Member of town personnel board
Michael Joyce
June 30, 2013
Airport Commission representative
Norman Perry
June 30, 2014
At large
Michael McCormack
June 30, 2014
Dukes County Regional Housing Authority (3-year terms except governor's appointee)
Board of Directors
Town
Term Expires
Marjorie Dolan
At Large
Feb.  28,  2013
Richard Skidmore
Aquinnah
Feb. 28, 2014
Todd Christy
Chilmark
Feb. 28, 2013
Melissa Norton Vincent, Treasurer
Edgartown
Feb. 28, 2014
Harvey Beth
Oak Bluffs
Feb. 28, 2014
Daniel J. Seidman
Tisbury
Feb. 28, 2014
Ernie Mendenhall
West Tisbury
Feb. 28, 2013
Andrade Mallegol
Governor's Appointee
Executive Director - David Vigneault
        
DUKES COUNTY HEALTH COUNCIL
(1 & 2-year terms)
Ex Officio Members
Assoc. Commissioner for Public Health
Timothy W. Tsai, MD
Feb. 28, 2012
Assoc. Commissioner for Handicapped Affairs
Anson W. Krickl Jr.
Feb. 28, 2011
Assoc. Commissioner for Elder Affairs
Charles Cotnoir
Feb. 28, 2012
Vineyard Health Care Access Program Director
Sarah Kuh
Veteran's Agent
Jo Ann Murphy
Comm. Health Organizations
Term expires 2/28/2013
Term expires Feb. 28, 2012
MVHospital / Windemere (2-3)
Dedie Wieler
James J. Ferriter, Jr.
MV Community Services (2-3)
Tom Bennett
Julia Burgess
Sharon Claus-Zanger
Other Community Health Organizations(4-6)
Cindy Mitchell, Island Health
Terre D. Young, Hospice
Bob Tonti, VNA
Rex Jarrell, Whole Health Alliance
Practitioners, Professionals (6-8)
Judy Flanders
Paddy Moore
Nancy Langman
Nancy Phillips
Karen Meeks
Diane MacKellar
Gayle Poggi
Public Officials (5-6)
Chirs Knowles , Wampanoag Health Services
Jacque Cage, Elder Services
James H. Weiss, Superintendent of Schools
Dave Caron (OB Board of Health)
Amanda Hutchinson (Board of Health Agent)
County Commissioners' representative
Michael Loberg
Consumers (8-10)
Eleanor Beth
Cynthia Doyle
Tad Crawford
Rev. Robert Hensley
Conor Smith
Patricia K. (Patsy) McCornack
Valerio Destefani
Medical Interpreter - vacant
ELECTED OFFICIALS
(6-year term)
Office holder
Term expires
Sheriff
Michael A. McCormack
Jan. 2017
County Clerk=Clerk of Courts    
Joseph E. Sollitto Jr.
Jan. 2, 2013
Register of Deeds
Dianne E. Powers
Jan. 2, 2013
Register of Probate
Elizabeth Hermann
Jan. 7, 2015
Treasurer
Noreen Mavro Flanders
Jan. 7, 2015
The terms of the above officials end on the first Wednesday of the January following the election.  
COUNTY EMPLOYEES
County Manager
Russell H Smith
Executive Assistant
Martina Thornton
Veteran's Agent
Jo Ann Murphy
Rodent Control Officer
T.J. Hegarty
Maintenance
Eric Goldwire
VHCAP Director
Sarah Kuh
Health Care Access Specialist
Mary Leddy
Health Care Outreach Educator
Maria Mouzinho
VHCAP Administrative Assistant
TREASURER'S OFFICE
Treasurer
Noreen Mavro Flanders
Asst. Treas. /Parking Clerk
Carol Grant
Senior Financial Clerk
Donna Michalski
REGISTRY OF DEEDS
Register of Deeds
Dianne E. Powers
Assistant Register
Debra Levesque
Clerk
Jessica Burnham
IT Manager/Clerk
Paulo DeOliveira
AIRPORT
Airport Manager
Sean Flynn, C.M.
Administrator for Landside & Security
Deborah Potter
Administrator for Airside & FBO
John Coskie
Airport Financial Administrator
Elaine Graves
Administrative Assistant
Kim Elias
Operations Clerk
Beth Tessmer
Operations Clerk
Operations Clerk
Arthur Marx
Operations Assistant
Timothy Parker
Operations Assistant
Ops. Specialist / ARFF
Gary Coates, Jr
Ops. Specialist / ARFF
Shawn DeCosta
Ops. Supervisor / ARFF
Geoffrey Freeman        
Ops. Specialist / ARFF
Adam Friedman
Ops. Supervisor / ARFF
Eric Hatt
Ops. Specialist /ARFF
Richard Michelson
Ops. Specialist / ARFF
Jesse Olson
Ops. Specialist / ARFF
Marques Rivers
Ops. Specialist/ARFF
E. Ralph Smith
Ops. Specialist
Paul Ronhock
Ops. Specialist
Kevin R. Gundersen
WWTF, Chief Operator
Michael Eldredge
Ops. Assisstant
Rice Dylan
seasonal
Ops. Assisstant
James Flynn
seasonal
Animal Shelter
Manager
Lisa Hayes
Assistant
Cleonice Patton
RETIREMENT OFFICE
Kelly McCracken
Administrator
Barbara Rogers
Asst Admin

 
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