The John Jermain Memorial Library
Board of Trustees

Christopher Leonard, President
Christopher Leonard grew up in Vermont and has been a resident of Sag Harbor for 39 years. He attended the University of Wisconsin and received his BA in Art History from New York University. He completed additional business education and is a practicing Certified Public Accountant. Chris served as Chairman of the Sag Harbor Village Board of Historic Preservation and Architectural Review and was a board member of Mashashimuet Park, the Park and Recreation Association of Sag Harbor, NY.
Carl Peterson, Vice-President
 Carl Peterson has been a resident of Sag Harbor village since 1983. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Political Science from Bowdoin College and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University. He worked as a social worker in New York City before moving to Sag Harbor and is now a licensed real estate broker and an antiques dealer and restorer. Carl is also the president of the East End AIDS Wellness Project and is an active member of numerous other civic organizations.
Jacqueline Brody, Secretary
Jacqueline Brody was born in Utica, New York. Following her graduation from Vassar College, she was a Fulbright scholar at the London School of Economics. She then married and raised two daughters while working in publishing in New York City, most notably as editor of the Print Collector's Newsletter for 25 years; she served on the Acquisitions Committee for Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art for 12. Jackie first experienced Sag Harbor when she and her late husband, Gene Brody, summered at their home in Shelter Island beginning in the mid-60s and cruised the Northeast Coast. They and their sailboat moved to Sag Harbor in 2003. She is currently Chair of the Collector's Circle at the Parrish Art Museum, a member of the advisory board for the Dieu Donne Papermill, a Friend of the John Jermain Memorial Library, and volunteer for the Ladies Village Improvement Society and Save Sag Harbor.
Craig Rhodes, Treasurer
Craig Rhodes was born in New York City, but moved to Sag Harbor with his parents when he was 5 years old. He went to Pierson High School after which he earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree at Pratt Institute. He has worked for architects in NYC and San Francisco including I.M. Pei and Partners (later Pei Cobb Freed and Partners). In 1992, after 17 years with I.M. Pei, he left to start his own firm, and has practiced on his own since then. After weekending here since 1989, he and his wife Ellen and daughter Emily moved to Sag Harbor full time in 2005.
Michael Garabedian
Michael Garabedian is the managing partner of Rayano & Garabedian, P.C., a general practice law firm with offices located in Sag Harbor and Central Islip. He received his undergraduate degree from New York University in 1982, and his juris doctor (i.e., law degree) from Union University, Albany Law School, in 1985. Michael is the President and Chairman of the Board for Hopscotch Adoptions, Inc., a not-for-profit international child-placement agency. Hopscotch is dedicated to helping children in need of families, through humanitarian efforts and adoption into permanent, loving homes.
Christiane Neuville
Born in France and a California resident since 1948, Christiane Neuville moved to Sag Harbor in 2000. She received her college education in Paris and was an educator for 30 years both as a teacher and a college counselor in a San Francisco prep school. She also served as the President of the Library Board in Sausalito, California. During her term as President, the town was contemplating building a new library.
Linley Whelan
 Linley Whelan is a former President of the Friends of the John Jermain Memorial Library, who worked with the Friends for nearly a decade. Currently a real estate agent with Brown Harris Stevens, she is the former owner of Provisions (Sag Harbor's health food cafe and market), the cofounder of the Sag Harbor Youth Committee and a current board member at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum. Whelan and her husband Peter are the parents of four children, all of whom attended local schools. She lives in Noyac.
Carol Williams
 Carol Williams was born in England and is an American citizen who has lived in Sag Harbor and North Haven since 1974. Her three children all went to school in Sag Harbor. She is a writer who writes primarily about landscapes, architecture, and planning and is a contributing editor at House and Garden magazine. She has a B.S. from the School of Architecture at M.I.T. She made the official map of Sag Harbor, has been secretary to the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board, and a Vice-President of the Sag Harbor Elementary School Parent, Teacher, and Student Association.