Anna Throne-Holst first joined the Southampton Town Board in January 2008 as a newly elected Council Member. Less than one month into office she began calling for a forensic audit of Town funds when her questions about various account balances could not be adequately answered. Months later, audits revealed that years of financial mismanagement and overspending across major funds had resulted in multi-million dollar deficits. Determined to restore the Town's fiscal health, change the culture of Town Hall and improve constituent services, Anna decided to run for Supervisor, a post she was elected to in November 2009. Less than two years later, controllable spending has been reduced well below 2009 levels, departments once in deficit are running a surplus, and Wall Street rating agencies have praised the new management team for its swift and effective response to audit findings as well as its new and conservative financial controls.

A natural consensus-builder who is committed to working transparently, Anna personally led the negotiations with the Town’s three labor unions (PBA, CSEA and SOA) and achieved the leanest contracts in the Town’s history without the need for arbitration. She also led a major planning reform initiative to improve the controversial Planned Development District legislation that was lauded as a “model process,” and created a Sustainability Office at no cost to the taxpayers.

New to the political scene in 2007 and unregistered with any political party until joining the Independence Party in June 2010, Anna’s determination to put public service over politics has fueled her many accomplishments and won her public praise, despite being a minority leader on a politically divided Town Board.