Our Team

Frank is the former Town of Wallkill Supervisor who served in 2020 and 2021.
 
Frank successfully guided the town through the Covid pandemic and was respected by the majority of the town's employees for his effective management of the town. 

Frank continues to be committed to fixing the town's mismanaged finances and finding millions of taxpayer dollars that the town board has lost over the past decade.

Maria is the Assistant Chief Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Orange County. 

Maria has been an attorney for 34 years and has represented approximately 9,000 indigent clients in Orange County courts. 

Maria is the author of "Successfully Navigating Family Court in New York" and is a graduate of Harvard College and Northwestern University School of Law.

Shauna is a longtime resident of Orange County. She completed her degrees at SUNY Orange and SUNY New Paltz. Now she is raising her family here.

Currently, she serves on the Child Care Council of Orange County’s board of directors and Pine Bush Central School District’s board of education.

Shauna is committed to expanding workforce education, securing affordable housing, and increasing public transportation access for her community.

DeShanda is a Retired Captain of New York City Department of Corrections where she served with honor on Rikers Island, one of the nation’s most dangerous jails.

She is also a successful small business owner of Carter’s Diva Glam Mobile Party and Simply Carter Events.

She is a member of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce and the Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA. She is also a proud mother of two grown sons, Koiti and Kayden, and a grandmother to Kairi.

DeShanda is committed to positive change, advocacy, and ensuring every voice is heard.

Jean, a retired physical therapist, has worked tirelessly over the past several years to provide information and assistance to Town of Wallkill residents in Ward 1. 

Jean attends town board meetings and communicates with town residents about the issues facing our town. 

Jean is committed to reversing the town's fiscal mismanagement and creating a stronger sense of community in the Town of Wallkill.

Don Sileo has lived in the Town of Wallkill for over thirty years. He worked for the Pine Bush School District as a leave replacement teacher and substitute teacher, while co-owning a business with his wife, Jo Ann.

A longtime businessman and resident of Ward 2, Don has studied the fiscal disarray caused by the current town board and is stepping up to get the town's books in order after years of mismanagement. 

Don is driven by a need to fight against fraud, injustice, and dishonesty and to fight for fiscal accountability, good governance, and the truth.

Steven Vinella is the current Town of Wallkill Ward 3 Councilmember and is seeking re-election this year. 

Steven retired from the NYPD and has continued his law enforcement career as a School Resource Officer. 

Steven understands business accounting from management experience earned prior to his NYPD career. With this, he’s been working this past year to understand the town’s fiscal haphazardness and inaccurate reporting. He is committed to continuing this role with his direct, common sense approach.

Alan Baker grew up on a cattle farm in Tennessee.  Alan served in the U.S. Army, Airborne Infantry and then attained a college degree in Accounting and Business. 

He worked as an accountant specializing in audits of government entities. 

Alan's accounting expertise is invaluable as he joins the effort to correct the town's financial practices and procedures.