The County of Dukes County
Officers and Employees
DUKES COUNTY COMMISSION
Commissioners
Town
Term expires
Leslie H. Leland
West Tisbury
Jan. 2011
Thomas J. Hallahan, Sc.D.
Oak Bluffs
Jan. 2013
John Alley
West Tisbury
Jan. 2013
Carlene Gatting
Edgartown
Jan. 2011
Tristan Israel
Tisbury
Jan. 2011
Leonard Jason Jr., Chairman
Chilmark
Jan. 2013
Melinda Loberg
Tisbury
Jan. 2011
Commissioners serve for four 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
Ron Di Orio
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, 2011
Associate Commissioner for Affairs of the Elderly (1 year)
Charles Cotnoir
Feb. 28, 2011
Associate Commissioner
Christopher A. Knowles
Feb. 28, 2011
for Public Health (1 year)
Associate Commissioner for Homeless
Connie Teixeira
Feb. 28, 2011
Associate Commissioners for Youth Affairs (1 year - 1 adult, 2 youth)
Michael Joyce - adult
Feb. 28, 2011
Anastasia Thibodeau
Feb. 28, 2011
Justin Oslyn
Feb. 28, 2011
Taylor Rasmussen
Feb. 28, 2011
Associate Commissioner for Fisheries
Warren Dotty

Feb. 28, 2011
County's representative to the Martha's Vineyard Commission (1 year)
Leonard Jason, Jr.
Dec. 31, 2010
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
Dec. 31, 2010
County representative to the Cape Cod Municipal Health Group (3-year)
Noreen Mavro Flanders
Dec. 31, 2010
Dr. James Weiss
Dec. 31, 2010
Michael Dutton
Dec. 31, 2010
County representative to the Cape Cod Light Compact (3-year)
Peter Hefler
Dec. 31, 2010
Point of contact to National Incident Management Systems (1-year)
Michael A. McCormack
Feb. 28, 2011
Emergency Management Director (1 year)
Charles Cotnoir
Feb. 28, 2011
Delegate to Pilgrim RC&D Area Council (1 year)
TJ Hegarty
Feb. 31, 2010
Martha's Vineyard Airport Commission (3-year)
Norman Perry, Chair
Feb. 28, 2013
John Alley, Vice Chair
Dec. 31, 2010
Fred Condon             
Feb. 28, 2012
James Craig
Feb. 28, 2013
Constance Teixeira      
Feb. 28, 2012
John Coskie     
Dec. 31, 2010
James K. Coyne
Feb. 28, 2012
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
Dec. 31, 2010
Todd Christy
Chilmark
Feb. 28, 2013
Melissa Norton Vincent, Treasurer
Edgartown
Dec. 31, 2010
Harvey Beth
Oak Bluffs
Dec. 31, 2010
Abbe Burt, Vice Chair
Tisbury
Dec. 31, 2010
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
Christopher A. Knowles
Feb. 28, 2011
Assoc. Commissioner for Handicapped Affairs
Anson W. Krickl Jr.
Feb. 28, 2011
Assoc. Commissioner for Elder Affairs
Charles Cotnoir
Feb. 28, 2011
Vineyard Health Care Access Program Director
Sarah Kuh
Veteran's Agent
Jo Ann Murphy
Comm. Health Organizations
Term expires 2/28/2011
Term expires Feb. 28, 2012
MVHospital / Windemere (2-3)
Dedie Wieler, Chair
JamesJ. Ferriter, Jr.
Ken Chisholm
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
Christopher A. Knowles
Karen Meeks
Oceana Rames
Gayle Poggi
Domingo Pagan, MD
Public Officials (5-6)
Ron MacLaren, Wampanoag Health Services
Jacque Cage, Elder Services
James H. Weiss, Superintendent of Schools
County Commissioner
Thomas J. Hallahan
Consumers (8-10)
Eleanor Beth
Cynthia Doyle
Tad Crawford
Max Nunes
Patricia K. (Patsy) McCornack
Connie Teixeira
Roberta Lima
Medical Interpreter - vacant
Stephen Dantzig
Valerio Destefani
Susan Wasserman
ELECTED OFFICIALS
(6-year term)
Office holder
Term expires
Sheriff
Michael A. McCormack
Jan. 5, 2011
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
Kellen Andrade
TREASURER'S OFFICE
Treasurer
Noreen Mavro Flanders
Asst. Treas. /Parking Clerk
Carol Grant
Senior Financial Clerk
Tammy Deese
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.
Assistant Manager
Deborah Potter
Airport Financial Administrator
Elaine Graves
Administrative Assistant
Kim Elias
Operations Clerk
Beth Durawa
Operations Clerk
Darren Gilbert
Operations Clerk
Arthur Marx
Operations Assistant
Timothy Parker
Operations Assistant
Peter Valenti
Ops. Specialist / ARFF
Gary Coates, Jr
Ops. Specialist / ARFF
Ryan Collins
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
Animal Shelter
Manager
Lisa Hayes
Assistant
Cleonice Patton
RETIREMENT OFFICE
Kelly McCracken
Administrator
Barbara Rogers
Asst Admin