About Antonio

Antonio Peter-Keoni Segalini was born and raised in East Rutherford, where his parents settled after leaving New York City. Antonio grew up in a very diverse household. His mother, Raynette, is Hawaiian and Chinese and his father, Sergio, is Italian. The two met in a pizzeria New York City, despite Raynette being born in Hawaii and Sergio in Italy (the quintessential New York love story). Raynette and Sergio celebrated their cultures and differences, and exposed their sons to the same. Antonio credits his parents with emphasizing the value of diversity and empathy.

Antonio benefited from the East Rutherford public schools before attending Bergen County Academies. He later studied economics at Duke University before getting his Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Data Science from Fordham University. After launching a successful startup, Antonio now works as a Data Scientist and Technical Project Manager for Command Financial in New York.

Antonio met his wife, Allie, in New York City while he was getting his Master’s Degree and Allie was teaching in public school in the city. The were married in 2022 and had their daugher Amanda Grace-Kaimana in 2023. They recently had their son, Alex August-Keoni, in 2024. They purchased a house in East Rutherford and live there with their two children and dog, Lincoln.

Since he was old enough to talk and write, Antonio has been involved in pushing his community forward. In 2007, Antonio led the Bergen Academies chapter of Amnesty International in a campaign to abolish the death penalty in New Jersey, swinging key vote Paul Sarlo on the matter. At Duke, Antonio was the most read columnist with a focus on University issues. In 2010, Antonio fought against cuts to teacher research funding and fought against large bonuses to the Duke endowment’s portfolio managers. In 2011, he led an effort to roll back a University decision on mental health withdrawals that was having a negative impact on student health.

Today, Antonio’s focus is using data and technology to help build better logistics and to reach more residents. His first research paper, “Using K-Means Clustering to Facilitate Community Engagement”, focused on actively meeting community residents where they are to better facilitate dialogue. For the council, that includes collaborating with outside groups such as the East Rutherford Seniors and Friends of East Rutherford in order to bring the governing body to the community.

His second paper, “Determining Secondary Attributes for Credit Evaluation in P2P Lending” looks at ways to offer alternative sources of credit evaluation for individuals who may not have accurate credit scores, due to having low incomes or a lack of a traditional employment history.

After being appointed to the Board of Education in 2021, Antonio led efforts for transparancy by adding public work sessions and livestreaming all public meetings. He was named Vice President of the Board in 2022 and oversaw the construction completion of Lincoln School. He was named President of the Board in 2023, becoming the youngest President in East Rutherford Board of Education History. Under his presidency, the Board of Education applied for and received state funding for free, universal Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 for all residents.

Antonio was appointed to Council in 2024 and won re-election the same year. In his time on council he has worked to strengthen the bonds between local, county, state and federal stakeholders. This has allowed for the borough to receive numerous grants and begin projects to benefit all residents. In 2025, the borough received over $4 million in grants for parks, senior aid, and tax relief for all residents.

Antonio also has emphasized the importance of investing in community. In response to Federal cuts on SNAP benefits, Antonio led weekly food drives for the Meadowlands YMCA Food Pantry. He also worked with the East Rutherford PBA to bring Breakfast with Santa to the borough, giving toys to children from needy families during the holidays.

In 2026, Antonio was named Council President, one of the youngest in East Rutherford history. In this position he’s worked on planning for the World Cup in 2026 as well as the 250th anniversary of our county. He’s also worked on obtaining federal grants for Police Communication Equipment and a new Senior Medical transport vehicle. In his role on the planning board, he also finalized the Borough Master Plan to meet East Rutherford’s Round 4 affordable housing obligations with no real development need.

East Rutherford born and raised, Antonio is willing to put in the work to make sure East Rutherford remains the best place to live. And he believes that the only way to do that is together.

Together, we will build on past successes. Together, we will lift each other up and put residents first. Together, we will make sure that East Rutherford remains the best place in which to live, raise a family, and retire.

We will move forward, together.