By Missy Egbert Sheehan
Rose Brown
Rose Brown has lived her entire life in East Hampton. Born and raised here, she resides in the Village and is married to Greg Brown, a East Hampton Village detective sergeant. They have three children. Rose graduated from East Hampton High School and received her BA from Loyola University in Baltimore, MD. and a Masters degree in Social Work from Fordham University in New York. She has worked in the field of architecture and design. She is presently employed as assistant to cookbook author and host of Barefoot Contessa & Be My Guest, Ina Garten. Rose has been involved with many local civic groups and nonprofits and has served on the Village Planning Board as its Chairwoman, and the Design Review Board, both appointed positions. In 2018, she was elected as Village Trustee, receiving the highest number of votes in a competitive election for two seats as only the second woman to be elected to the Village Board. Rose served one four-year term on the Village Board and retired from that position in 2022.
Lisa Dortch
Lisa and her husband have lived in East Hampton and Los Angeles for 30 years. She has been an active resident working to preserve the historic neighborhood character of the community, actively observing the variance process for commercial projects in residential districts. She was educated at Cortland State University and then Cornell before landing a career in the film industry as a producer eventually running RSA, a production company for Ridley and Tony Scott. She then went on to run her own film production company making television commercials. Lisa traveled the world, learned a lot and retired from the film business to raise a family. Currently, Lisa writes speeches and consults for film companies and directors. She loves her house in East Hampton and is happiest when in residence here.
Glenn Purcell
Glenn has devoted a lot of time to the preservation and exhibition of the historic contributions of the Dominy Craftsman, arguably East Hampton’s most important contribution to the art form of that age. Glenn attended Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the Winchester College of Art in Great Britain majoring in textile design. He presently owns a textile company LPK Textiles International, LLC in New York serving luxury textile clientele representing top European mills. Previously, was Senior Vice President of Design and Development at New York & Company and also led all fabric design and development for the Anne Klein Collection. Glenn and his partner, Lawrence Keller, are local experts on the Dominy family. He has curated exhibitions of their work and that of Thomas and Mary Nimmo Maran for the East Hampton Historical Society.