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Amy Weinberg

Amy and her family (husband John and 3 adult children) have called the Island "home" for thirty summers, returning as often as possible throughout the year. Passionate hikers, Amy and her family have always enjoyed the extensive trail systems and diverse topography that the Vineyard offers. As part of the Farm Group, Amy has recently [...]

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Sara Tucker

Grew up coming to the Vineyard every summer with her parents and grandparents and now she and her husband and children have their own place in Vineyard Haven. Sara’s career has been focused on environmental conservation, including public lands management and water policy. She is currently a partner at Natural Resource Results, a consulting firm [...]

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Samme Thompson

Serves as board member and senior advisor in the areas of digital transformation, artificial intelligence software and telecommunications. He was previously chief strategy officer at Motorola Corporation, responsible for corporate strategy, M&A, and One Motorola Ventures. Prior to Motorola, he was a Wall Street investment banker, a senior consultant at McKinsey & Co, and head [...]

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Carla Taylor-Pla

Has been enjoying Martha’s Vineyard, where her family has a home in Chilmark, for the last 45 years. Carla started her career as a broadcast journalist in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Following that, she worked to improve educational opportunities for children as a policy advocate for high quality early childhood education in Washington, DC. In addition, [...]

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John Schaefer

Has been a seasonal resident of Edgartown since 1978. He and his wife Pam live next to Ox Pond Meadow and Little Beach preserves. John was a member of the Sheriff's Meadow Foundation Board of Directors from 2005 to 2015 and served as its President from 2011 to 2014. He rejoined the Board in June [...]

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Shipley Salewski

Is a lifelong educator and has taught and directed curriculum in English, Humanities, World Religions, and Latin to grades 6–12 in public, private, and charter schools. She received her Master’s in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and her B.A. from Duke. She currently serves on the boards of Tipping Point Community and Cathedral School [...]

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Aileen K. Roberts

Serves as Vice Chair of the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia where she chairs the building committee. She has served on the board of directors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute, the Avenue of the Arts, the International House and the William Penn Charter School. She graduated from the Design School of North [...]

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Robin Rivera

Is an Emmy Award-winning media producer, Robin is a principal of Digital Laundry, a media production, studio and archiving services company based in New York’s East Harlem community, but now working remotely. A native of Los Angeles, she graduated from Stanford University (B.S. Mechanical Engineering) and the University of Southern California (Master of Urban and [...]

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Tom J. Rapone

Is a year-round resident of Edgartown and a real estate attorney with the Martha’s Vineyard law firm of McCarron, Murphy & Vukota, LLP. As a child, Tom was introduced to the Island during summer visits, which were the start of his lifelong passion for boating and fishing. Prior to law practice, Tom spent over fifteen [...]

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William A. Plapinger

Was a partner, in New York and London, for almost three decades (and is now Senior Counsel) at the global law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Bill and his wife Cassie Murray have been seasonal, and more recently permanent, residents of the Vineyard since 1968. They built a home near Cedar Tree Neck in the [...]

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