The Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve
Council Members

Council Chair
Lorraine A. Cortés-Vázquez, New York State Secretary of State

Council Members
Steve Levy, County Executive, Suffolk County
Edward P. Mangano, County Executive, Nassau County
Charles T. Theofan, City Manager, City of Long Beach
Kate Murray, Supervisor, Town of Hempstead
John Venditto, Supervisor, Town of Oyster Bay
Steven Bellone, Supervisor, Town of Babylon
Phil Nolan, Supervisor, Town of Islip
Mark Lesko, Supervisor, Town of Brookhaven
Anna Throne-Holst, Supervisor, Town of Southampton
Andrew Hardwick, Mayor, Village of Freeport, New York Conference of Mayors
Maureen Dolan Murphy, Citizens Advisory Committee, Chair; Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Ken Budny, Brookhaven Bayman's Association
Michael Eagan, Captree Boatman's Association
Robert Grover, Conservation Co-Chairman, Great South Bay Audubon Society
Daniel Perkins, VP for Government Affairs, Long Island Association
Michael Watt, Long Island Builders Institute
Robert DeBona, Mastic Beach Property Owners Association
Carl LoBue, Marine Reserve Specialist, The Nature Conservancy, LI Chapter
Christopher Squeri, Executive Director, New York Marine Trades Association
Cornelia Schlenck, Assistant Director, New York Sea Grant Institute
Jim Hutchinson, President, New York Sportfishing Federation
David Conover, Dean and Director, SUNY at Stony Brook Marine Science Research Center

Ex-officio Council Members
Pete Grannis, Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Carol Ash, Commissioner, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
Stanley Gee, Acting Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation