Mr. Lefkowitz is a Setauket resident and has been the president of CALCO Development and Louis Lefkowitz Realty, Inc. since 1994. In total, Mr. Lefkowitz now leads five companies that own and manage millions of square feet of commercial properties and oversee a portfolio of more than 3,000 multi-family units. The companies combined have an estimated value of more than one billion dollars.

A Brookhaven Town councilman from 2000-2003, Mr. Lefkowitz as a councilman helped attract hundreds of jobs to the town’s Empire Zone, led the upgrade of the town’s website and technological capabilities and played a key role in the relocation of Town Hall to a modern facility. He currently serves as president of the Three Village Chamber of Commerce and has served on the boards of various community organizations, including the Three Village Civic Association and the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce. He was named Person of the Year by the Three Village Historical Society in 2015 and by The Village Times/Beacon in 2017 as well as Member of the Year by the Three Village Chamber of Commerce in 2015.

A 1980 graduate of Ward Melville High School, Mr. Lefkowitz went on to earn an A.A.S. in hospitality management from SUNY Delhi, a Bachelor of Science degree in management from Florida International University and a graduate degree in real estate studies from New York University.

Ms. Mercado is a Brentwood resident and is currently employed as a customer care representative for Verizon, a position she’s held for more than 20 years. Ms. Mercado also served as Business Agent on the Executive Board Communications Workers of America Local 1105, where she represented members in offices between Brooklyn and Suffolk County. Ms. Mercado is currently a staff representative for CWA local 1101, and also serves on CWA’s National Women’s Committee.

As former president of the Brentwood Union Free School District Board of Education, Ms. Mercado collaborated with other trustees to establish the district’s vision and goals and oversaw an annual budget of approximately $400 million. She is a member of the Islip Town branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) and the National Association for Latino Elected Officials (NALEO). Ms. Mercado received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from SUNY College at Old Westbury and an associate of applied science degree in Business Administration from Suffolk County Community College’s Grant Campus in Brentwood.

Mr. Porchia has built and managed a very healthy and successful practice representing those who have sustained serious injuries through the fault of others for over 20 years. He specializes in motor vehicle accidents, premises liability and job-site accidents. John has personally recovered tens of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts on behalf of his clients. In one year alone, he was honored with an award for having negotiated 3 of the highest 50 settlements in the entire State of New York for his clients.

Before becoming a personal injury attorney, Mr. Porchia graduated both with Honors and as the Class President of North Babylon High School in 1996. In 2000, he graduated Cum Laude from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance. He then graduated Cum Laude from Touro Law School in 2003. He passed the Bar in that same year and immediately went into private practice at the Law Office of Lite & Russell, where he concentrated on representing plaintiffs who were the victims of all types of personal injuries.

Mr. Porchia is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and the Suffolk County Plaintiff’s Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in all the New York State Courts and in the Eastern District of the United States Federal Court system. Mr. Porchia is married to his wife, Michelle, and they have two sons. Mr. Porchia grew up in the Township of Babylon, then lived in Massapequa for several years and now lives in Wading River on the North Fork of Eastern Long Island.

He is proud of the fact that he has built and maintained a very healthy personal injury practice, without having ever advertised. His client base has developed through personal recommendation of satisfied clients, friends, family and other attorneys which he believes is a testament to the quality of representation he continues to provide.

Mr. Rose is a business owner of several enterprises in the Selden area and has extensive knowledge of real estate development, planning, town codes, sitework and building plans. In 1998, he was honored by the Suffolk County Legislature with its Outstanding Volunteer Recognition Award. Rose served on the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency from 2009 to 2015, where he helped encourage businesses to begin operations in or move to Brookhaven town. He was appointed to the Suffolk County Downtown Citizens Advisory Board in 2013 and served on the Brookhaven Planning Board from 2015 to 2024.

A lifelong Brookhaven resident, Mr. Rose is a graduate of Newfield High School and has been civically active for over 35 years. He now lives in Setauket with his family.

Mr. Davidson brings more than four decades of public service and community engagement to the Suffolk County Water Authority Board.

Mr. Davidson has a long history working in government affairs, community engagement and affordable housing. He currently serves as President and CEO of the Senior Citizens Housing Committee, Inc., where he oversees the operation of 362 units of affordable senior housing in Greenlawn and Melville and manages services for an additional 165 units. He has been a board member of the organization since 1990 and has led its daily operations, capital planning and strategic partnerships for over 15 years.

Before entering the nonprofit housing sector, Mr. Davidson held senior roles at the Long Island Power Authority and its predecessor, the Long Island Lighting Company. From 1998 to 2008, he served as LIPA’s Executive Director of Government Relations, directing all federal, state and local outreach during a period of major industry change. Prior to that, he led government relations for LILCO, managing legislative strategy and municipal engagement across Long Island. Earlier in his career, Mr. Davidson served as Director of the Huntington Community Development Agency, where he advanced affordable housing and economic revitalization projects, and as a Legislative Aide in the New York State Assembly.

Mr. Davidson earned a Master of Public Administration from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts from Stony Brook University. He has served on numerous community and nonprofit boards, including the Huntington Chamber of Commerce, the Long Island Housing Partnership and St. Anthony of Padua Church.

Mr. Davidson’s five-year term as a Board Member runs through the spring of 2030.