Bonnie Brady

Long Island Commercial Fishing Association

Bonnie Brady has been the Executive Director of the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association since its inception in 2001, representing commercial fishermen of all gear types throughout Long Island. Prior to her work with fishermen, Bonnie worked for Senator Bill Bradley in Washington, D.C.; was a Peace Corps health volunteer working with USAID/Harvard on pre- and post-natal care for women and children in Cameroon, West Africa, and was the Montauk reporter for the East Hampton Star. She has a journalism degree from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, and Paramedic certification from the School of Health Sciences at Stony Brook University. She was a member of the Montauk Fire Department for 20 years, volunteering as the department’s first paramedic.

Ms. Brady is a member of the Ecosystem and Ocean Planning, Communication, and Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Seabass fisheries advisory panels of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; a member of the Groundfish, Small Mesh Multi-Species, and Monkfish advisory panels for the New England Fishery Management Council, and a founding Board member of the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, rodafisheries.org.

She lives in Montauk, NY, with her husband, Dave Aripotch, a commercial fisherman.