Board Members & Staff
President
Addie Drolette
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Joanne O’Sullivan
VICE-PRESIDENT
Kevin McCarthy
TREASURER
Savannah Fabbio
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Susan Roman
SECRETARY / CLERK
Joan Bates
DIRECTOR
Marie Bigelow
DIRECTOR
Troy Clarkson
DIRECTOR
David Garrison
DIRECTOR
Sudie Gifford
DIRECTOR
Ed Monteiro
DIRECTOR
Tammy Rausch
DIRECTOR
David Sutkowy
Executive Director
Karen Bissonnette
Falmouth Housing Trust’s Executive Director
A resident of Falmouth, Karen graduated from Falmouth High School and from Northwestern University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Sociology.
Karen joined Falmouth Housing Trust with a wealth of experience in nonprofit management, fundraising and the Falmouth community. She has held positions as the Chief Development Officer of the Community Health Center of Cape Cod and as Executive Director of the Falmouth Hospital Foundation.
She has served as a Falmouth Town Meeting Member since 1998, is President of the Falmouth Scholarship Association, serves on the executive committees of the Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation Board and the Edward Bangs Kelley & Elza Kelley Foundation, is a Corporator of Cape Cod Five Cents Saving Bank and is a Board Member of Falmouth Dog Parks, Inc.
After completing a 35 year career in marketing and communications, most recently as Senior Vice-President of Marketing for Dunkin’ U.S. – with previous marketing leadership roles at The Gillette Company and Ocean Spray Cranberries – Tom Manchester currently sits on the board and is an investor in a start-up business, The Mobile Locker Company and is also an instructor for Sports Marketing at Stonehill College. 
Information coming soon.
Kenneth Buckland and his family; wife Nicolette and two boys, moved to Falmouth during Hurricane Gloria in 1985. They moved to town so that Ken could take the position as the Town Planner.
Beth Ciarletta grew up in rural New Jersey then moved to Raleigh, NC for eighteen years where she met her husband Michael, co-founded a business, married and began their family. She relocated to Falmouth in 2012 with her husband to raise their children in a smaller community-based town, and to be closer to family. Her husband’s family lives in Norwood, MA and vacationed in Falmouth and on Cape Cod for many years.
Carey Murphy lives in Waquoit with his wife of 31 years, Martha. Their three adult sons are all employed in the ski business, a sport that Carey loves to spend his winter months enjoying. They recently sold their retail business, Kensington’s at Mashpee Commons, after owning and operating it for 29 years.