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.
Nancy Hallock, Secretary
Nancy Hallock lives in Sag Harbor with her husband and four young daughters. After graduating from Pierson High School, she earned a bachelor's degree in early elementary education and history from Boston College, followed by a master's in reading/literacy K-12 from LIU Southampton. After several years teaching at the elementary level she now devotes most of her time to raising her girls and remaining active in their schools. Nancy also serves as a deacon at the Sag Harbor Presbyterian (Old Whalers') Church.
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.
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.