The Island Housing Trust is a partnership among Martha’s Vineyard’s existing housing organizations, the six island towns and member homeowners and renters, each of whom are represented on the board of directors, including:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Richard Leonard, chair - the president of the Martha’s Vineyard Co-operative Bank, has lived on the island all his life, and is a representative of the non-profit Island Affordable Housing Fund.
Janet Hathaway, vice chair – works for the Edgartown Board of Health, has lived on the island all of her life, and is the representative of the Town of Edgartown where she also serves on the town’s housing committee.
Harvey Beth, treasurer – is a recently retired C.P.A. and State and Local Government Chief Financial Officer, is an island resident, and is the representative of the Town of Oaks Bluffs where he also serves on the town’s housing committee.
Richard Bluestein, clerk – is a co-founder of a Boston law firm of Krokidas and Bluestein, a seasonal island resident, and a representative of the non-profit Island Affordable Housing Fund. .
Perry Ambulos - owns a local catering company, is an island resident, and represents lessee/ homeowners as a potential homebuyer.
John Abrams – the president of South Mountain Company a local design build firm, an island resident, and a representative of the non-profit Island Affordable Housing Fund.
Caroline Locke – works as a real estate paralegal, is an island resident, and member of the West Tisbury Affordable Housing Committee and Community Preservation Committee, and a representative of the non-profit Island Affordable Housing Fund.
Ron DiOrio – operator of a folk art gallery, an island resident, and the representative of Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard.
Warren Doty – is a retired fish wholesaler, an island resident, and the representative of the Town of Chilmark where he serves on the Board of Selectmen and is a member of the town’s housing committee.
John Early – the president of John Early Contractor and Builder, an island resident, and the representative of the Town of West Tisbury where he serves on the Board of Selectmen.
Leo Frame – is an economics teacher at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, an island resident, and a representative of the non-profit Island Affordable Housing Fund.
Victoria Haeselbarth - is a graduate student, an island resident, and represents lessee/ homeowners an owner of a house built and financed by Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard.
Tristan Israel - is an owner of a landscaping company, an island resident, and representative of the Town of Tisbury where he serves on the Board of Selectmen.
Dale Julier– is a local real estate broker, an island resident, and a representative of the non-profit Island Affordable Housing Fund.
Ernie Mendenhall – is the West Tisbury Building Inspector, an island resident, member of the West Tisbury Community Preservation Committee, and the representative of the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority.
Dick Mezger – is a modular building developer, an island resident, and the representative of the non-profit Bridge Housing Corporation.
Monica Miller – owns a herbal medicinal and body care business, is an island resident and is a representative of Lessee/Homeowners as a Trust Lessee living in Oaks Bluffs.
Tony Nevin – is a professor emeritus of psychology, an island resident, and the representative of the non-profit Good House Corporation.
Darran Reubens –- works for a local architectural firm, is an island resident, and is a representative of lessee/ homeowners as a Trust lessee living in Tisbury
Wendy Swolinzky – owns a boat rental business, is an island resident, and is a representative of lessee/ homeowners as a Trust lessee living in Aquinnah.
Estelle Thompson – works at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, is an island resident, and is a representative of lessee/ homeowners as a potential homebuyer.
Bob Wheeler – is the vice president of the Dukes County Saving Bank, an island resident, and a representative of the non-profit Island Affordable Housing Fund.
STAFF
Philippe Jordi, executive director – has worked for the past eleven years as a developer and manager of affordable housing for the Island Housing Trust and the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority, and as a community development planner for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
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