Two members of the East Hampton Village Board will face voters in the election on Tuesday, albeit without opponents.
Carrie Doyle, who was elected in 2022, and Jason Tuma, who was appointed in October following the resignation of Sarah Amaden, are on Tuesday’s ballot.
“From the start, my focus has been singular: protecting and enhancing the quality of life that makes East Hampton Village so special,” Ms. Doyle, who has spent most of her life living between New York City and East Hampton, said in an email. “Whether it’s addressing traffic calming, repairing potholes, or replacing fallen trees, I’ve valued every opportunity to help residents with concerns — large and small. What may seem like a minor issue often has a major impact on those affected, and I take my responsibility to represent village homeowners very seriously.”
She previously served on the village’s zoning board of appeals and planning board, and has been on the Authors Night Event Committee for the East Hampton Library for several years.
Ms. Doyle cited accomplishments including strengthening noise regulations for landscaping and construction during the summer season; preventing nightclubs in residential neighborhoods; reviving the dormant Chamber of Commerce as co-chair of the village’s business committee and launching initiatives to support year-round commerce; identifying and recommending candidates who were confirmed for the zoning board of appeals, planning board, and design review board; delivering traffic-calming solutions such as speed humps on LaForest Lane, reducing speeds by an average of eight miles per hour; co-founding and chairing the annual Hamptons Whodunit mystery and crime festival, which provides educational programming for the public and more than 200 East Hampton High School students while delivering a significant boost in business for local inns and restaurants, and helping to launch SantaFest in 2024 and 2025.
Mr. Tuma is a Montauk native and graduate of East Hampton High School. After attending the University of Louisiana, he built a 20-year career in the South, in positions including general manager for the nationwide restaurant and entertainment chain holding company Jillian’s Entertainment; operations manager for ESPN Zone, and franchise area director for Al Copeland Investments. After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, he returned to the city and worked for a builder and developer on affordable housing projects. He returned to the South Fork in 2013, and lives in the village with his wife and their son. Mr. Tuma is project manager for Pape Construction and a lieutenant with East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue.
He was appointed to the board, and appointed the village’s liaison to the East Hampton Fire Department and museums, effective Oct. 1, 2025. “When Sarah was considering moving on and [Mayor] Jerry [Larsen] approached me and gauged my interest, it didn’t take too long” to decide, he told The Star. “I have a 5-year-old at John Marshall in pre-K,” he said. “How better to serve the community and its interests than looking at it through a 5-year-old’s eyes? Hopefully, he can grow up in the same community I grew up in.”
During her tenure, Ms. Amaden created the committee tasked with building a new playground in Herrick Park, and was named liaison to the East Hampton Village Foundation’s Herrick Park playground subcommittee. “I want to see the playground at Herrick move forward,” Mr. Tuma said. “We’re almost at the finish line,” he said, expressing the hope that ground will be broken in the fall. “We want to make it the best park in the area, a premiere place for village and [East Hampton] Town residents.”
On Tuesday, polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. in the public meeting room at the Emergency Services Building, at 1 Cedar Street. Eligible voters must be registered and their village address must be their primary address on file with the Suffolk County Board of Elections.
