Patchogue-Medford Library executive director Danielle Paisley is this year’s 7th Legislative District Suffolk County Woman of Distinction. Pictured is Paisley with Legis. Dominick Thorne and Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine and the 2022 winner Michele Cayea and Regina Hunt, the 7th Legislative District liaison to the Suffolk County Woman’s Advisory Committee.

ABOUT DANIELLE PAISLEY

Danielle DeMicco Paisley is the director at the Patchogue Medford Library, where she has worked for over 25 years. Starting her career as a youth services librarian, she worked with children, teens, and families in the Patchogue-Medford community before joining the Library Administration team in 2014. She started the free summer lunch program for children and teens at the library in collaboration with Island Harvest, which completed its 10th year in 2024.  Paisley served as one of the administrators who worked to restore the 100-plus-year-old Carnegie Library building, in Patchogue, into a working library and teen afterschool center, opening in 2016. For the last 6 years, Paisley headed up a project team with the goal of opening a new branch of the Patchogue Medford Library, located at the Medford Athletic Complex. She coordinated with local benefactors, municipalities, and community members to coordinate the construction of the new branch, with no bonding or long-term debt cost to the community. In June 2024, the new branch opened and has become an integral resource not only for Medford residents, but for the entire Patchogue-Medford community.  Paisley also serves the community on the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, as the secretary to the Greater Patchogue Foundation, as a Rotarian in the Patchogue Rotary Club, and as a trustee for Medford Chamber of Commerce, helping to obtain funding for the annual Medford Concert Series.  When not working, Paisley enjoys listening to audiobooks, exploring all the parks and museums that Long Island has to offer, and spending time with her family and friends.