Dominic F. Santillo
Dominic F. Santillo has been a resident of Eastampton Township since 2013, residing in Eastampton Meadows (Farms). Since moving to town, he has been a member of the Eastampton Community School Superintendent search committee (2016) and was appointed as a member of the Eastampton Land Use Planning Board in January 2018. Dominic is also a member of the Sons of the American Legion, Mount Holly Post #11.
Dominic and his wife of seventeen years, Elizabeth, met at The College of New Jersey. They previously lived together in Bordentown and Willingboro before settling down in Eastampton with their three children: Dominic Jr (15), Kaitlyn (13) and David (10). Beth is a school teacher in the Bordentown Regional School District.
Dominic is employed by Christiana Care Health System in Newark, DE as an Information Services Process Manager. He has worked at Christiana Care for over 10 years and currently serves as IT Service Management Incident Manager. Previous healthcare IT experience includes time served at Kennedy Health System in Cherry Hill and as a vendor consultant traveling across the US implementing emergency department software.
Dominic was admitted to The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and participated in Student Government and other activities while attaining a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Specialization in Information Systems Management. After graduation, he spent time in the restaurant industry as a server, bartender and banquet manager until finding a position to leverage his IT skills.
Raised in Garfield, NJ (Bergen County) where he attended public school for grades K-12, in his junior year of high school Dominic was selected to attend the American Legion Jersey Boys State ("ALJBS") program. Held at Rider University the week-long, hands-on leadership seminar on civics and government, Dominic served as "mayor" of his Boys State city. He returned to be a member of the all-volunteer staff the following year and served for 24 years before stepping aside in 2022. In addition, he also was selected as a Trustee of the New Jersey Boys State Foundation - the fundraising organization associated with the program. He currently serves as Secretary for the Board of Trustees; he previously served 14 years as Chairman.
Dominic was elected to Township Council in November 2018, and November 2022. Dominic represents the Township Council on the Recreation Advisory Committee and will serve as Mayor in 2024. Previously, he served as Deputy Mayor in 2020 and 2023 and Mayor in 2021 and spent 2019-2023 as a member of the Land Use Planning Board.
