Board of Directors and Founders
Barbara Barri: President & Founder
Barbara Barri, Announcer, Advocate for non‑profit organizations
Barbara grew up in the Hamptons attending Sacred Hearts School and Southampton High. In college she majored in Drama and minored in Voice & Speech at Onondaga College in Syracuse. Professionally she broke into the broadcast business at small market radio stations beginning in Cocoa Beach, Florida and eventually landing in Los Angeles as on‑air mid‑day personality on a top rated radio station. During her 15 years at the station she used her popularity to actively support hundreds of charitable organizations. She also created successful fund‑raising events for her favorite kid's organization.
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Matt Stutterheim: Founder
Matt Stutterheim, 69, is a Springs resident with over five decades of radio broadcast experience, starting with a part‑time job in high school, leading to program directorships at several public radio stations, ownership of an industry newsletter and directory, and management of three small‑market stations owned by his ex‑wife. In the late 80s he created the Puls Radio network in Russia, which obtained authority to build 100 stations. The project faltered after a power struggle with local undesirables, but six stations continue to operate. In the sixties and seventies he was a classical music commentator in New York City.
Louis Donald Pizzarello, M.D., M.P.H.
Currently ‑ Attending in Ophthalmology,
Southampton Hospital, Southampton, New York
2004‑2008 Secretary‑General, International Agency
for the Prevention of Blindness
Former Chairman ‑ World Health Organization,
Global Alliance for Trachoma Control
Since 1990‑ Adjunct Assistant Professor of Preventive
Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
Medical Director of HKI B going into 3rd world countries providing medical care
Lou also is involved in fund-raising for several charitable organizations
Isabel Sepulveda de Scanlon, publisher of "La Voz Latina" the bi‑lingual paper and president of OLA
Isabel Sepulveda was born in Chile, raised in Santiago and studied French at the Instituto Chileno‑Frances. Isabel settled in East Hampton in1991 where she started a new bilingual TV show in 1999. In 2002 she co‑founded the first Latino organization in the East End, OLA of Eastern Long Island, Inc. In 2003 she was the founder‑editor of the East End's Spanish newspaper "Nuestra Prensa" in Southampton. In 2005, she founded and currently publishes, Voz Latina, the only bilingual newspaper based in the East End. Isabel resides in Southampton and belongs to many not‑for‑profit boards that serve the local community.
Roger Blaugh, community advocate and Corcoran Realty Broker
Born and raised in the Great Lakes State of Michigan, Roger Blaugh grew up in a resort community very much like his beloved Southampton. With over a quarter‑century of weekend living on the East End, Roger moved to Southampton in 1999.Over the years, Roger distinguished himself as Chairman of the Southampton Village Board of Architectural Review and Historic Preservation and continues to serve Southampton Village today as a member of the Village Environmental Advisory Committee (SAVE). He serves as Treasurer of our region's first African‑American Museum of the East End, as a board member of the Big Fresh Pond Association and as a political advisor and campaign manager to candidate, throughout our area.
Maureen Mecagni Maureen Mecagni, long time East End resident, is someone who cares greatly for animals. She volunteers her time as Manager of "Elsa's Ark Thrift Store", at 70 Main St., Southampton (above "Second Nature" health store). All proceeds from the store are applied directly to life-saving programs for the animals, including free spay/neutering services for all animals.
We also have a Community Advisory Board and a Media Council.
