Before joining the team in January 2024, Julia was best known locally for her Shelter Island Gazette blog and Life Between the Ferries newsletter, drawing on her experience as a newspaper and AP wire service reporter, as well as nearly 40 years homeownership and community involvement here. She’d previously served on Sylvester Manor’s Board of […]
As the History & Heritage Associate, Alice focuses on historical research, program coordination and grant facilitation. An experienced meeting and event planner, Alice also plans fundraising, live music and History & Heritage related events for Sylvester Manor. In 2022, Alice focused her History & Heritage research work on identifying the names and stories of the […]
Donnamarie Barnes began working at Sylvester Manor in 2014 as a volunteer and history docent. In 2016, she joined the staff full time as Curator & Archivist and curated the exhibitions, “Women of the Manor,” “A Place in Pictures” and “All That Has Been: Our Roots Revealed.” She is currently the Director of History & […]
Zoe joined the Sylvester Manor team in February of 2025. She attended Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, and graduated in 2015 with a dual Bachelor’s in Communications and Creative Writing. Having grown up in Sag Harbor, the North and South Fork communities have always been very close to her heart. After seven years of living […]
Alyse Clark joined the Development Department at Sylvester Manor in 2023. She fell in love with helping others, especially our youth, obtain a holistic education when she worked in international recruitment and admissions at Ross School. Here she pushed beyond her role into marketing and communications to fulfill a deeper need to develop strength in […]
Since joining Sylvester Manor in 2017, Tracy has been responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the organization, including Programming, Communications, Marketing, Technology, Education, Human Resources and Administration. Her role includes overseeing and coordinating the Summer Youth Program, which has grown significantly in size, enrollment and number of programs offered. She is also responsible for […]
Stephen Searl has been Executive Director of Sylvester Manor for over 5 years and has over 20 years of experience in nonprofit management, board governance, fundraising, historic preservation, land conservation, program development and community outreach. A native of the North Fork, Stephen grew up working in his family’s business, Wickham’s Fruit Farm. Stephen graduated from […]
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80 North Ferry Road
Shelter Island, NY 11964 info@sylvestermanor.org 631.749.0626
