Joshua Y. Horton, a 12th generation East End native, serves as the Senior Managing Director of the North Fork, Shelter Island and Westhampton Beach offices for the Corcoran Group. His expertise in real estate was cultivated working in both the public and private sectors.

Elected to two terms as Supervisor of Southold Town, Josh fostered the preservation of more than 1,000 acres of open space and farmland. He also drafted zoning, subdivision and site plan laws that still today serve as the blue print for guiding the North Fork’s unique business protect the agricultural, maritime and natural integrity of the North Fork.

After two successful terms in elected public office Josh decided to return to the private sector. As an executive in the real estate marketing and planning industry, he developed successful marketing and development strategies for several high-end residential and commercial properties throughout Long Island and Manhattan.

These professional experiences in real estate marketing, finance, management and land use combined with his multi-generational relationship to Long Island and the East End provide sellers, buyers and agents with an incomparable resource for real estate matters throughout Long Island.

Josh holds a BA in Environmental Studies and Education from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. He is a licensed merchant captain and commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard and has served on a myriad of merchant and military ships and vessels throughout the world. He remains an avid recreational sailor.

A Greenport resident and father of two, Josh continues the longstanding Horton family tradition of business leadership and civic duty. Josh is the founder and chairman of the East End Maritime Institute, a non-profit maritime education foundation. He is the Vice President and President elect of the East End Realtor Board, (HANFRA), Hamptons And North Fork Real Estate Association. As well he serves on the Board of Directors of New York State’s largest business advocacy organization, the Long Island Association (LIA). He remains on the front line of land use and public policy matters as a Commissioner of the Suffolk County Planning Commission.