Biography

Matthew Parsons of East Quogue was sworn in to the Board of Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonality of the Town of Southampton on January 3, 2024. Matt graduated from New York University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. He has worked for the Cornell Cooperative Marine Program, National Marine Fisheries Service’s Fisheries Observer Program as a Fisheries Observer, and later as Assistant Program Manager/Recertification and Training Manager, and worked as a Dredge Material Inspector for the Army Corps of Engineers. Matt has commercially harvested Peconic Bay scallops since 2009 and Coaches all three of his children in the East End Little League.

Staff Directory • Matthew Parsons

Matthew L Parsons has worked for the Cornell Cooperative Marine Program; the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Fisheries Observer Program as a fisheries observer and later as assistant program manager, recertification and training manager; and the Army Corps of Engineers as a dredge material inspector.

Matthew Parsons - Directory - Town of Southampton

2026 New York General Election

As of October 22, 2026, Matthew L Parsons did not have a website or any information online.

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Plans to apply water-quality and filtration lessons as a town trustee.

Matthew Parsons, who has been building aquariums professionally for 20 years, speaks "the language of the bay and the ocean because it is home to me," he said in an interview. "I want to become a trustee so I can implement some of the water quality and filtration lessons that I've learned."

A Rundown of Southampton’s Trustee and Tax Receiver Races

Energy & the Environment

Matthew L Parsons

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Matthew Parsons — Southampton Town Trustees directory

Matthew L. Parsons is from East Quogue. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology from New York University. He coaches his three children in the East End Little League.

Experience
Owner/Operator Living Art Aquariums · 2008 to now
Trustee Southampton Town · Now
Assistant Program Manager National Marine Fisheries Service · 2011 to 2015

Matthew L. Parsons candidate profile

Matthew currently owns and operates Living Art Aquariums and commercially harvests Peconic Bay scallops. He has worked for the Cornell Cooperative Marine Program; served as a fisheries observer, assistant program manager, and recertification and training manager for the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Fisheries Observer Program; and worked as a dredge material inspector for the Army Corps of Engineers.