Candidate for East Hampton Trustee
In November 2023, Celia Josephson was elected East Hampton Town Trustee for a two-year term beginning in January 2024. She is a member of the Aquaculture, Beaches, Education and Lazy Point/Napeague Harbor committees and is a liaison to East Hampton Town’s Energy and Sustainability Committee. She is seeking re-election for a four-year term beginning January 2026.
As part of her duties she has engaged in Lazy Point lease management, construction and dredging review, and public education and community projects, which included serving as judge of the Montauk science fair.
Celia has practiced law in East Hampton since 1993, specializing in estate and health care planning, real estate and business law. In May of this year she joined the Amagansett firm, Whalen Filer PLLC, as a partner, to be able to offer her clients a wider array of services and the advantages of a multi attorney firm.
Celia is bi-lingual in Spanish and has taught ESL, High School Equivalency and Citizenship Preparation at the East Hampton Library for several years. She now teaches Spanish at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton. Through her participation in the High Impact Community Outreach Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Fork, she has been one of four members awarding grants to East End non-profits. Since 2021, $100,000 has been awarded and a further $150,000 has just been authorized.
Celia enjoys singing in the Choral Society of the Hamptons, which presents three local concerts a year.
Last but not least, she is now a first time grandmother!