About Us

Timothy M. Southerton
Teacher Member
Sayville, NY

Mr. Southerton is one of three teacher members on the 10-member Retirement Board. He was appointed to the position by the New York State Commissioner of Education to fill the seat of Michael R. Corn, who passed away in March 2011.

A long-time delegate to the NYSTRS Annual Meeting of Delegates, Mr. Southerton is a teacher in the Sayville Union Free School District and president of the Sayville Teachers Association. He is also a trustee of the Suffolk School Employees Health Plan and the Sayville Employees Trust Fund, and serves as a delegate for the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. Mr. Southerton, a member of the NYSUT Board of Directors and several NYSUT committees, earned his Master's degrees from SUNY Stony Brook and Long Island University-C.W. Post College, and a Bachelor’s from SUNY College at Cortland.